11.   Interpreting patents too broadly can stifle innovation, while drawing them too narrowly leaves inventors little incentive to create.

12.   It would be a blow to the entire economy, as it would stifle innovation at a crucial period of technological progress.

13.   Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson of U.S. District Court said that Microsoft had used its monopoly power to stifle innovation, reduce competition and hurt consumers.

14.   Jackson concluded that Microsoft is a monopoly whose anticompetitive acts have stifled innovation and harmed consumers.

15.   Klein brought another challenging case against Visa and MasterCard for using their dominant position in credit cards to stifle innovation and block rivals.

16.   Many officers, protecting their own careers, do not trust their subordinates and stifle innovation for fear of mistakes that could jeopardize their own promotions.

17.   Prices for computer hardware and software have grown more than they otherwise would have, he said, and innovation has been stifled.

18.   Regulation, Schuler said, stifled innovation and caused high prices.

19.   Regulation stifles financial innovation, Fields said in a recent speech to members of the mutual fund industry.

20.   Strongly backed by business lobbies, Republicans argue that companies are beset by frivolous lawsuits that jack up product prices and stifle innovation.