Intellectual Property Law
New Matter SUMMER 2014, Volume 39, Number 2
Content
- 2014 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- Case Comments
- Contents
- Copyright Interest Group
- Entertainment and Sports Law Interest Group
- Exploitation by Wrap Contracts—Click "Agree"
- How to Obtain Ip insurance or How to Watch Your Client's Back
- In-house Counsel Interest Group
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2013-2014
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2013-2014
- International Interest Group
- International Ip Developments
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- Licensing Interest Group
- Litigation Interest Group
- MCLE Self-Study Article
- Ninth Circuit Report
- Patent Interest Group
- Patents—Claim Construction—De Novo Standard of Review Upheld
- Technology, Internet, & Privacy Interest Group
- The Law of the Land
- The Licensing Corner
- Trademark Interest Group
- Letter from the Chair
Letter from the Chair
Andrew W. Stroud
Hanson Bridgett LLP
SUPREMELY SPEAKING
Most people believe that the protection of intellectual property rights is a newborn area of law, created by lawyers in search of expanding marketing opportunities. But, as IP practitioners, we know this perception is not even close to being true. In fact, the protection of intellectual property rights is rooted in our nation’s foundational document, The United States Constitution. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 is commonly known as "The Copyright Clause." (Or, if you are a patent practitioner, "The Copyright and Patent Clause.") The Copyright Clause gives Congress the power to adopt laws 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."