Tag: Founders on patents
Founders On Patents: Madison On The Dangers Of Patents
James Madison is credited with introducing the Patent and Copyright Clause to the Constitution, and defended that clause in Federalist 43, stating “[t]he utility of this power will scarcely be quest...
Founders On Patents: Jefferson On A Farm Patent
Last week, I covered a newly digitized letter from John Q. Adams, describing the concern the PTO’s first Commissioner had regarding whether the patents he was issuing were really valid and the harms...
The PTO’s Inability To Reject An Application For Good Has A Long History
I was recently alerted[1. My thanks to Karen Barzilay, who located this text as part of ongoing efforts by the Adams Papers Editorial Project at the Massachusetts Historical Society to put a searcha...