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Article I 

Section 8

• 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