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Originally posted by bilmore
You do understand he's referring to the more broad protection of property rights? And you're just quibbling that the specific direction re: trademark is not so broad?
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Well, if it's not a substantive right conferred by Art. I, sec. 8, aren't we then talking about whether Congress, by shortening the period of protection, is violating the Takings Clause?
I don't have the time to have another Takings Clause argument on this board, but that seems wrong to me. The right originated in legislation, not the Constitution or the CL.
