"'The patent system added the fuel of interest to the fire of genius,'--Abraham Lincoln, the only president to hold a patent.
"Last week in Las Vegas, over 120,000 people attended the annual Consumer Electronics Show, and if Abraham Lincoln was still alive, he would have been there too..."
[Editor's Note: According to the story bio, "Jim Prendergast is the executive director of Americans for Technology Leadership." Founding members? No need to guess. -BKP]