and then maureen nohouse en one of the two strong conservetives at the federal trade commission. adam is going to start off by giving us some context on this issue. >> thank you. thank you. >> and i will -- so it used to be the case if you mentioned interlekt you'll property such as patents on new inventions and ideas or copy writes on creative works of art or writings very few people would have been aware of this. but because of the digital revolution of the past couple decades, the great advances in biotechnology and medicine all of there is brought to us by the patent system, copy writes and trade secrets. people become much more aware of the issues and they become to take front and center. so you hear about issues now in newspapers. you read about them on the internet. that the patents are alleged to hold up innovation. people claim that there are these creatures known as patent troll who's have patent who's sue manufacturers, copyright and digital content books and music and movies is alleged to have stifle free speech or hold up creative develop. and new creative art. and s