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Wrong. It was the official justification when the patent system was established in the United States. People have discussed if natural rights applied to patent
by kiba 16y ago
Wrong. It was the official justification when the patent system was established in the United States.
People have discussed if natural rights applied to patent rights. Some argued not so, and some thought so. This has been going on since the age of enlightenment.
- brlewis 16y agoSorry, yes, I did mean the US patent system allowed by the US constitution. There are certainly valid discussions of the concept of patents outside this context.