Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution

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Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution is the provision that empowers Congress to promote progress in science and the useful arts by granting authors and inventors exclusive rights to their writings and discoveries for limited times.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
adoptedOn 1788 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Copyright Clause ⓘ
Intellectual Property Clause ⓘ
Patent Clause ⓘ
appliesTo federal government of the United States ⓘ
cameIntoEffectOn 1789-03-04 ⓘ
category intellectual property law ⓘ
constitutionalBasisFor Congressional power over copyrights ⓘ
Congressional power over patents ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
draftedIn 1787 ⓘ
empowers United States Congress ⓘ
foundationFor United States intellectual property system ⓘ
federal copyright law in the United States ⓘ
federal patent law in the United States ⓘ
governs exclusive rights in inventions ⓘ
exclusive rights in original works of authorship ⓘ
grantsPowerTo secure exclusive rights to authors ⓘ
secure exclusive rights to inventors ⓘ
hasConcept exclusive right ⓘ
limited times ⓘ
progress of science ⓘ
useful arts ⓘ
inForce true ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction federal law of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalCitation U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 8 ⓘ
limits duration of copyright protection ⓘ
duration of patent protection ⓘ
locationInDocument Article I ⓘ
Clause 8 ⓘ
Section 8 ⓘ
partOf Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
purpose to promote the progress of science ⓘ
to promote the progress of the useful arts ⓘ
requires exclusive rights be granted for limited times ⓘ
subjectMatter discoveries of inventors ⓘ
writings of authors ⓘ
text 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; ⓘ
underlies Copyright Act of 1790 ⓘ
Patent Act of 1790 ⓘ

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Patent Clause of the United States Constitution → locatedInText → Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Eldred v. Ashcroft → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → U.S. Constitution Article I Section 8 Clause 8 ⓘ
linked to: Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution
Patent Act of 1790 → constitutionalBasis → Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution → locatedInText → Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution ⓘ