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Article I
- Clause 8
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 Copyrights and Patents
- ArtI.S8.C8.1.1 Origins and Scope of the Power
- ArtI.S8.C8.1.2 Patentable Discoveries
- ArtI.S8.C8.1.3 Nature and Scope of the Right Secured for Copyright
- ArtI.S8.C8.1.4 Power of Congress Over Patents and Copyrights
- ArtI.S8.C8.1.5 Copyright and the First Amendment
- ArtI.S8.C8.1.6 State Power Affecting Patents and Copyrights
- ArtI.S8.C8.1.7 Trade-Marks and Advertisements
- ArtI.S8.C8.1 Copyrights and Patents