Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights and State Sovereign Immunity.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judge-made law.

Federal government.

Privileges and immunities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (24 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Covers basics of intellectual property (IP) law; provides introduction to the Eleventh Amendment, which provides sovereign immunity to States from infringement of IP claims; and reviews Supreme Court decisions in Florida Prepaid and College Savings Bank. Discusses State waiver of sovereign immunity; Congressional abrogation of State sovereign immunity; and prospective injunctive relief. Reviews legislative response, and potential developments in relationship between State sovereign immunity and IP.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights and State Sovereign Immunity

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