RE: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus

["Ballowe, Charles" <CBallowe(at)usg.com>]

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> Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus
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> The patent laws "promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts" by
> rewarding innovation with a temporary monopoly. U. S. Const., 
> Art. I, §8, 
> cl. 8. The monopoly is a PROPERTY RIGHT (my caps); and like 
> any property 
> right, its boundaries should be clear.  (Festo Ussct)
> 
 Boundaries would be far more clear with a fixed term. 

Of course, the power of an idea/creation/intellectual matter is that
once I've been exposed to it, it has the power to alter my thoughts.
If somebody elses "property" is encroaching onto mine, then the boundaries
are not exactly clear. Maybe we should make creators request a ****** before
presenting their creation.


(****** == the term for an agreement between neighbors, for example, 
when one wants to put up a structure that may slightly cross the property
line - mind is drawing a blank on it right now, i want to say variance,
but it doesn't seem right)