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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login:  | | The Constitutional Copyright Clause, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1789) Source: The National Archives Citation: The Constitutional Copyright Clause (1789), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: us_1789 Full title The Constitution of the United States of America, Art. 1, §8, cl. 8. Full title original language N/A Abstract A Clause of the United States Constitution vesting Congress with power to legislate in the field of copyright and patent. The commentary describes the events that led to the inclusion of the clause in the U.S. Constitution and discusses the information known about the intellectual origins of the clause. The commentary also describes the central status occupied by the clause in American intellectual property discourse and the historical development leading to it. 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. Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Year 1789 Language English Source The National Archives Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to N/A Persons referred to in commentary Barnes, Joseph (fl.1785-1792) Churchman, John (1753-1805) Coxe, Tench (1755-1824) Fitch, John (1743-1798) Fitzsimons, Thomas (1741-1811) Geyer, Frederick William (fl.1787) Hamilton, Alexander (1757-1804) Iredell, James (1751-1799) Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Kent, James (1763-1847) Madison, James (1751-1836) McKean, Thomas (1734-1817) Miller, Samuel Freeman (1816-1890) Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (1746-1825) Rumsey, James (1743-1792) Story, Joseph (1779-1845) Webster, Noah (1758-1843) Places referred to N/A Places referred to in commentary Baffin's Bay England North Carolina Pennsylvania Philadelphia Legislation referred to U.S. Constitutional Copyright Clause 1789 Legislation referred to in commentary Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 U.S. Constitutional Copyright Clause 1789 U.S. Patent Act 1790 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary Millar v. Taylor (1769) 4 Burr. 2303 Donaldson v. Becket (1774) 4 Burr. 2408, 2 Bro. P.C. 129 Livingston v. Van Ingen, 9 Johns 505 (1812) Clayton v. Stone, 5 F. Cases 999 (S.D.N.Y. 1829) Martinetti v. Maguire, 16 F. Cases 920 (C.C.D.Cal. 1867) Trade Mark Cases, 100 U.S. 82 (1879) Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99 (1879) Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, 111 U.S. 53 (1883) Higgins v. Keuffel, 140 U.S. 428 (1891) Feist Publ'ns, Inc. v. Rural Tel. Serv. Co. 499 U.S. 340 (1991) Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1 (1966) Eldred v. Ashcroft, 537 U.S. 186 (2003) Institutions referred to U.S. Congress Institutions referred to in commentary Continental Congress (1774-1789) Pennsylvania Supreme Court U.S. Congress U.S. Supreme Court Key words authors' remuneration common law copyright constitution, US incentives inventors natural rights patents, for invention property theory, authors' property states, US utility Responsible editor Oren Bracha Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. In so far as these scans are protected by copyright, they are made available on the same terms as translations and commentaries (see home page). | |||||
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