The Nature Of The Intellectual Property Clause : A Study In Historical Perspective

Name: The Nature Of The Intellectual Property Clause : A Study In Historical Perspective
Cite: Buffalo, N.Y.: W.S. Hein & Co., 2002 x, 485; 23 cm
Year: 2002
Bluebook cite: Edward C. Walterscheid, The Nature Of The Intellectual Property Clause : A Study In Historical Perspective, Buffalo, N.Y. : W.S. Hein & Co., 2002, x, p. 485, cm 23.
Author: Edward C. Walterscheid
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Summary: Detailing Jefferson's May 1807 refusal to comply with an inventor's request to extend the limited patent monopoly further, "saying that while an inventor certainly should be allowed the benefit from his invention for some period of time, 'it is equally certain that it ought not be perpetual.'" 772.

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