Patents and Copyrights

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Patents and Copyrights

Annotation

Gives Congress the responsibility of granting patents and copyrights to inventors and artists.

Citations

Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8

Citations

Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8

(The Congress shall have Power) 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;