Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution

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constitutional clause intellectual property clause

The Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution is the provision that empowers Congress to grant authors exclusive rights to their writings for limited times in order to promote the progress of knowledge and the arts.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional clause ⓘ intellectual property clause ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Intellectual Property Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ Patent and Copyright Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ Progress Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	authors ⓘ inventors ⓘ
basisFor	federal preemption of state copyright-like laws ⓘ
categoryOfBeneficiaries	authors of original works of authorship ⓘ inventors of new and useful inventions ⓘ
constitutionalSourceFor	exclusive rights in discoveries ⓘ exclusive rights in writings ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distinguishes	public domain from exclusive rights ⓘ
empowers	Congress to grant copyrights ⓘ Congress to grant patents ⓘ
grants	exclusive rights to authors for their writings ⓘ exclusive rights to inventors for their discoveries ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	drafted at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
inspired	the first federal copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790 NERFINISHED ⓘ the first federal patent statute, the Patent Act of 1790 NERFINISHED ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
keyCase	Eldred v. Ashcroft NERFINISHED ⓘ Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ Golan v. Holder NERFINISHED ⓘ Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises NERFINISHED ⓘ Mazer v. Stein NERFINISHED ⓘ Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOrigin	influenced by early state copyright statutes ⓘ
legalDomain	copyright law ⓘ intellectual property law ⓘ patent law ⓘ
limits	Congress from granting perpetual copyrights ⓘ
locatedInText	Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Article I of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
policyGoal	encouragement of creative expression ⓘ encouragement of scientific and technological innovation ⓘ
purpose	to promote the progress of science and useful arts ⓘ
requires	eventual entry of works into the public domain ⓘ limited times for exclusive rights ⓘ
setsConstraintOn	duration of copyright protection ⓘ scope of federal copyright power ⓘ
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 ⓘ
underpins	Title 17 of the United States Code NERFINISHED ⓘ Title 35 of the United States Code NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Patent Clause of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ