Innovate Arkansas has teamed with the Harrison Chamber of Commerce and NorthArk to host the Innovate Arkansas Technology Venture Showcase lunch in Harrison for the first time ever.

This weekend, as many of us enjoy a three-day holiday weekend and do so in many innovative ways, let’s welcome in the unofficial start of summer and have fun with family and friends. By all means. But let’s make the time on Monday to remember those whose ultimate sacrifices afford us the opportunity to do it.

It appears a compromise is on the verge of realization that would scratch said restrictions from the bill. The government — and believe it or not, the author acknowledges many things the feds do well and should do — appears ready to take its hands off this one.

Protection and commercialization of intellectual property (patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets) can equal serious competitive advantage to any technology-driven business.