Difference between revisions of "Patent clause"

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(This is the only clause in the original Constitution that expressly establishes a "Right".)
 
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:The Congress shall have Power 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.
 
:The Congress shall have Power 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.
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This is the only clause in the original Constitution that expressly establishes a "Right".
 
[[Category:Patent Law]]
 
[[Category:Patent Law]]

Latest revision as of 02:49, November 29, 2021

The Patent Clause is Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution:

The Congress shall have Power 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.

This is the only clause in the original Constitution that expressly establishes a "Right".