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Intellectual property has been a key part of American exceptionalism the unique commitment in our political and legal institutions to natural rights and the rule of law as secured by a government of limited powers.REF When the Framers authorized Congress to secure patents and copyrights in the United States Constitution, it was unprecedented. No country’s founding document had done this before. As other intellectual property rights such as trademarks and trade secrets evolved in the 19th century, they too were secured by the unique American approach to securing all property rights in legal institutions governed by the rule of law.REF
Portsmouth Herald
Feb. 24 – To the Editor:
My grandparents emigrated to Portsmouth in 1900. My grandmother, Julia Brennan, was from Ireland and my grandfather, Joseph Martineau, was from Princeville, Quebec. They met here in Portsmouth, were married at the Immaculate Conception Church. For their honeymoon, they took the train from Portsmouth train station up country through Island Pond, Vermont, and on into Quebec. On their return, they moved into their new home at 64 Pine Street in the infamous Creek Neighborhood. The Creek (pronounced “Crick”) was about 90% Irish Catholic and a few of them weren t happy to have a mixed marriage such as my grandparents in the neighborhood. My grandmother gave birth to their four children in their home.