incentive theory

incentive theory. Intellectual property. The proposition that society grants creators exclusive rights to their intellectual property in order to stimulate further creativity. • The Patent and Copyright Clause of the U.S. Constitution declares that the purpose of exclusive-right protection is to “promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts.” U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 8.

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词条贡献者

译员何巍，毕业于欧洲一流的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与生命科学有关的法律文件。