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Constitutional Convention Journal Entry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1787)

Source:
The University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library, 342.73 UN3: Documentary history of the Constitution of the United States of America, 1787-1870. Derived from the records, manuscripts and rolls deposited in the Bureau of rolls and library of the Department of State (Washington D.C.: Dept. of State, 1894-1905) 1:130-131.

Citation:
Constitutional Convention Journal Entry (1787), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Constitutional Convention Journal Entry

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Abstract
The Constitutional Convention Journal entry mentioning additional powers of Congress suggested on August 18, 1787. Out of some of those suggested powers eventually emerged the Constitution's copyright clause.

Bibliography
Bugbee, Bruce Willis. The Genesis of American Patent and Copyright Law. Washington: Public Affairs Press, 1967.
Oliar, Dotan. "Making Sense of the Intellectual Property Clause: Promotion of Progress as a Limitation on Congress"s Intellectual Property Power." Georgetown Law Journal 94 (2006): 1771-1845.
Patterson, Lyman Ray and Craig Joyce. "Copyright in 1791: An Essay Concerning the Founders' View of the Copyright Power Granted to Congress in Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution." Emory Law Journal 52 (2003): 909-952.
Walterscheid, Edward C. The Nature of the Intellectual Property Clause: A Study in Historical Perspective. Buffalo, N.Y.: W.S. Hein, 2002.

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The University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library, 342.73 UN3: Documentary history of the Constitution of the United States of America, 1787-1870. Derived from the records, manuscripts and rolls deposited in the Bureau of rolls and library of the Department of State (Washington D.C.: Dept. of State, 1894-1905) 1:130-131.

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Key words
books, protected subject matter
constitution, US
duration
patents, for invention

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Oren Bracha




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Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, 10 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ, UK