Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 Intellectual Property

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 Overview of Congress's Power Over Intellectual Property

• • ArtI.S8.C8.2 Historical Background
    • ArtI.S8.C8.2.1 English Origins of Intellectual Property Law
    • ArtI.S8.C8.2.2 Framing and Ratification of Intellectual Property Clause

• • ArtI.S8.C8.3 Copyrights
    • ArtI.S8.C8.3.1 Authorship, Writings, and Originality
    • ArtI.S8.C8.3.2 Limited Times for Copyrights and the Progress of Science
    • ArtI.S8.C8.3.3 Copyright and the First Amendment

• • ArtI.S8.C8.4 Patents
    • ArtI.S8.C8.4.1 Inventorship and Utility
    • ArtI.S8.C8.4.2 Patent-Eligible Subject Matter
    • ArtI.S8.C8.4.3 Constitutional Constraints on Congress's Power Over Granted Patents

• • ArtI.S8.C8.5 Federal Power Over Trademarks
  • ArtI.S8.C8.6 State Regulation of Intellectual Property