#4 PTO Eliminates "Technological Arts" Requirement in PATENTS PENDING

PTO Eliminates "Technological Arts" Requirement


Re:This is total bullshet
(Score:5, Informative)
by hagbard5235 (152810) Alter Relationship on Monday October 17, @03:01PM (#13811586)
In a sane world, you would be correct. But welcome to the wonderful world of Wickard v Filburn, brought to use by FDR's packed Supreme Court, where enumerated powers are no longer enumerated, and you might as well ignore the 9th and 10th ammendment to the constitution. Essentially, Wickard says the government can do pretty much anything under the commerce clause and the general welfare clause. In a sane world, one might argue that the only authority for granting pattents at all comes from Article I, Section 8, clause 8, but in FDRs bizaro world were we all live today, you can just as easily derive the authority to grant patents without restriction from the commerce clause under Wickard.

Thank you FDR, nobody really needed liberty anyway!