The nature of the intellectual property clause : a study in historical perspective / Edward C. Walterscheid.
2002
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Title
The nature of the intellectual property clause : a study in historical perspective / Edward C. Walterscheid.
Published
Buffalo, N.Y. : W.S. Hein & Co., 2002.
Call Number
KF2980 .W35 2002
ISBN
1575887096 (cloth : alk. paper)
Description
x, 485 pages ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)48435445
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1.
Introduction and Overview
1
A.
A Most Unusual Clause
1
B.
The Views of Thomas Jefferson
4
C.
Other Monopoly Concerns
9
D.
Unique Aspect
11
E.
Patent Custom and Copyright Practice
13
F.
Issues, General and Specific
16
G.
Federation
19
H.
Historiography
22
I.
Synopsis of This Work
27
Chapter 2.
Antecedents
31
A.
Introduction
31
B.
The Articles of Confederation
32
C.
Originating the Concept of Intellectual Property
37
D.
Patents Prior to 1787
45
E.
Copyright Prior to 1787
59
F.
The Need for Change
76
Chapter 3.
The Federal Convention
79
A.
The Immediate Background
79
B.
First Governance Proposals
81
C.
Why an Intellectual Property Clause?
83
D.
First Proposals
99
E.
Who Made the Proposals
101
F.
The Nature of the Proposals
106
G.
Creating the Final Clause
106
H.
Perspectives
110
Chapter 4.
Parsing the Clause
115
A.
A Balanced Composition
115
B.
Originating and Interpreting the Terms "Science" and "Useful Arts"
125
C.
Justifying the Clause
133
D.
Rationales
139
E.
Perspectives
148
Chapter 5.
A Grant of Power and a Limitation
153
A.
Powers and Limitations
154
B.
Early Interpretations, Congressional and Otherwise
166
C.
Antebellum Views
178
D.
The Modern Judicial Interpretation
189
E.
Perspectives
192
Chapter 6.
Inherent or Created Rights
201
A.
Intellectual Property Rights Under the Common Law in the Eighteenth Century
202
B.
The Common Law in America
204
C.
The Ambiguous Meaning of "Securing"
212
D.
Interpreting The Federalist No. 43
220
E.
A Question of Property
226
F.
The Supreme Court Speaks Out
231
G.
Perspectives
234
Chapter 7.
The Nature of the Exclusive Right
239
A.
A Deliberate Singularity
239
B.
A Question of Monopoly
241
C.
Identifying the Exclusive Right
255
D.
The Public Domain
265
E.
For Limited Times
271
F.
Congressional Action in Setting the Term of Patents and Copyrights
278
G.
Perspectives
296
Chapter 8.
Inventors and Their Discoveries
309
A.
A Constitutional Requirement of Novelty
310
B.
The Prohibition on Patents of Importation
313
C.
The American Emphasis on Originality
327
D.
A Constitutional Standard of Invention
335
E.
Utility
344
F.
Patentable Subject Matter
348
G.
Perspectives
370
Chapter 9.
Authors and Their Writings
377
A.
The Name on the Copyright
377
B.
Authorship
382
C.
Writings
400
D.
Copyrightable Works
406
E.
Perspectives
421
Chapter 10.
External Relationships
435
A.
Preemption
435
B.
Preclusion
448
C.
Perspectives
468
Table of Cases
477
Index
481