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

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clause of the United States Constitution constitutional provision

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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Label	Occurrences
Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ
adoptedOn	1788 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Copyright Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ Intellectual Property Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ Patent Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	federal government of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Patent Act of 1790 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Patent Clause of the United States Constitution → locatedInText → Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution ⓘ