Who Cares What Thomas Jefferson Thought About Patents? Reevaluating the Patent "Privilege" in Historical Context

Name: Who Cares What Thomas Jefferson Thought About Patents? Reevaluating the Patent "Privilege" in Historical Context
Cite: 92 CORNELL L. REV. 953
Year: 2007
Bluebook cite: Adam Mossoff, Who Cares What Thomas Jefferson Thought About Patents? Reevaluating the Patent "Privilege" in Historical Context, 92 CORNELL L. REV. 953, 977 (2007)
Author: Adam Mossoff
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Summary: Following the natural rights philosophy of patent law, a valid claim necessitates "a more stringent standard of review in using historical materials than has been employed previously in modern patent law decisions and policy debates;" i.e. it requires a description of "the intellectual context in which such events occurred." 977.

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