BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, concurring. Ordinarily the creator of something new— a useful device, a pharmaceutical drug, an ornament, a painting — owns any such object that he or she makes but can prevent its replication by others only pursuant to the patent and copyright laws. A central limitation on patent and copyright protection, stemming from the Constitution itself, is that it is limited in time. <e…
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