Intellectual Property Law in the United States

Main Topics of Intellectual Property

This entry in the American Encyclopedia has been organized to address the following topics, among others:

• Intellectual Property : Copyright
• Intellectual Property : Patents
• Intellectual Property : Trademarks
• Intellectual Property : Unfair Competition

Intellectual Property Law and the First Amendment

According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT, copyright law, trademark law, right of publicity law, and trade secret law are all speech restrictions. They restrict what people may say or write or perform. They do so based on the content of the speech. And they cover not just literal copying.

Resources

See Also

• Intellectual Property
• World Intellectual Property Organization: Copyright Treaty
• World Intellectual Property Organization: Performances and Phonograms Treaty
• Art as Intellectual Property: guide
• Property Rights
• Taking of Property