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So called "Intellectual Property" is not really property from either a moral or a legal standpoint.

Intellectual property is a form of government granted temporary monopoly, supposedly in the name of encouraging progress and the common good.

It is clear that "Intellectual Property" is counterproductive regarding the goals it had. It is time to abolish it.

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"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."

Saying the "to promote the common good" is not the phraseology, and that matters from a legal standpoint.

I think more elaboration is needed as to exactly how this patent aims to fulfill its purpose. Then we may have more insight to decipher whether the Patent Clause appropriately defends the holder of the patent in this case.

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