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"patent right is in the U.S. Constitution"

Posted by: David Mohring on August 11, 2004 12:10 AM
Patents are nothing more than a governmental granted limited monopoly.


Read <A HREF="http://www.fed-soc.org/Publications/practicegroupnewsletters/intellectualproperty/patents-ipv3i3.htm" title="fed-soc.org">Patents: Legitimate Property Rights or Grubstakes that Obstruct Progress and Commerce?</a fed-soc.org>.

* <A HREF="http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?cid=4467943&sid=42546" title="slashdot.org">Adam Smith and *Intellectual monopoly*</a slashdot.org>.

* <A HREF="http://www.newsforge.com/comments.pl?sid=39617&cid=96494" title="newsforge.com">Don't assume that you are safer using Microsoft</a newsforge.com>.

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