In this episode of The Constitution Line by Line, Senator Mike Lee covers Article I, Section 8, Clauses 4-10, explaining the congressional powers over the money system and intellectual property.
Tag - intellectual property
A Brooklyn cafe is claiming that Starbucks “stole” their drink idea and are demanding a public apology and unspecified damages.
The ongoing, high-profile case of Mylar’s EpiPen price hike is a perfect example of the kind of rent seeking that comes from overly strong patents.
The reason Disney lobbies so hard for longer copyright terms is so they can punish competitors, and maintain a monopoly on ideas no one alive helped create.
Food giant Monsanto is not exactly a popular company. Their work with genetically-modified foods remains controversial, as does their use of the intellectual property system to patent seeds and sue other people for using them within permission.