Clause 8 Intellectual Property

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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;

• Overview of Congress's Power Over Intellectual Property

• Federal Power Over Trademarks

• State Regulation of Intellectual Property

• Historical Background

  • English Origins of Intellectual Property Law

  • Framing and Ratification of Intellectual Property Clause

• Copyrights

  • Authorship, Writings, and Originality

  • Limited Times for Copyrights and the Progress of Science

  • Copyright and the First Amendment

• Patents

  • Inventorship and Utility

  • Patent-Eligible Subject Matter

  • Constitutional Constraints on Congress's Power Over Granted Patents