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Patent rights?

Posted by: tsg on August 11, 2004 01:56 AM
"By the same token, patent right is in the U.S. Constitution."



No it isn't. What is in the Constitution is the power of Congress to create patent rights, but nothing that says people must have those rights. Congress could abolish all patent rights tomorrow and not be in violation of the Constitution.

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