bert foer is the president of the american antitrust institute, which filed a brief in favor of mr. bowman. and todd dickinson is executive director of the american intellectual property law association. his group filed a brief on behalf of monsanto. gentlemen, i'd like to hear from both of you to start from your various perspectives. what was at stake in today's arguments, for business and consumers. todd dickinson? >> this case could have significant ramification, this case and the myriad case that was eluded to in the runup. in some ways, intellectual property rights are a bit of a whipping boy these days and the need for strong intellectual property rights, strong patent rights is embedded in our constitution. there's a reason for that. that's because they lead to economic growth and development, they reward an incent innovation and they nurture that innovation by protecting it. >> suarez: bert foer? >> todd is right that intellectual property is very important part of our economy. on the other hand, there's a lot of questions that have been raised in recent years about whether