First-to-file is a disaster for independent inventors and small business.

This sums it up pretty well... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Invents_Act#First_to_fi...

"Innovation and IP in Today’s Business Environment," a presentation by Steve Perlman, a prolific inventor and successful entrepreneur, on how the proposed legislation maps to the practice of invention." http://www.rearden.com/public/090924-Innov_and_IP_in_Todays_...