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To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
Article I
Section 8 Enumerated Powers
- Clause 8 Intellectual Property
- To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
- ArtI.S8.C8.1 Overview of Congress's Power Over Intellectual Property
- ArtI.S8.C8.2 Historical Background
- ArtI.S8.C8.2.1 English Origins of Intellectual Property Law
- ArtI.S8.C8.2.2 Framing and Ratification of Intellectual Property Clause
- ArtI.S8.C8.3 Copyrights
- ArtI.S8.C8.3.1 Authorship, Writings, and Originality
- ArtI.S8.C8.3.2 Limited Times for Copyrights and the Progress of Science
- ArtI.S8.C8.3.3 Copyright and the First Amendment
- ArtI.S8.C8.4 Patents
- ArtI.S8.C8.4.1 Inventorship and Utility
- ArtI.S8.C8.4.2 Patent-Eligible Subject Matter
- ArtI.S8.C8.4.3 Constitutional Constraints on Congress's Power Over Granted Patents
- ArtI.S8.C8.5 Federal Power Over Trademarks
- ArtI.S8.C8.6 State Regulation of Intellectual Property
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