The article only mentions patents, not copyrights.
I wanna say there is a hierarchy of enforcability to trademarks, copyrights and patents on top of their application requisites. I also think that Patents are sort of the top tier that all regulations apply to with a trickle down effect in how they apply to TM’s and C’s. Don’t quote me on it tho. I’m going off the time at work years ago when the idea of patenting or tradmarking a thing. I might also be mixing it up with how they regulate Trademarks vs Registered Copyrights.
The government grants the patent right, it’s not bound by it.
Like in England the king doesn’t need a license to give himself permission to drive.
He also doesn’t have a passport, because they are issued in his name.
I learned it from this More Perfect Union video titled: What the Maker of Ozempic Doesn’t Want You to Know: It’s Bankrupting America
If we just extend that rule to everyone we’d have better cheaper stuff and fewer rich people to boot.
