Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights and State Sovereign Immunity.

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;...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Judge-made law. Federal government. Privileges and immunities. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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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.
Item Description:	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. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.