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U S Copyright Office Releases Report on Soverign Immunity

Copyright Office published a report on its State Sovereign Immunity Study in the wake of Allen v. Cooper. In Allen, the Court invalidated the Copyright Remedies Clarification Act CRCA a law that purported to abrogate state sovereign immunity to copyright damages.

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This week in IP: CAFC rehearing rates revealed, TTAB untouched by Arthrex, Switzerland joins GI agreement

This week in IP: CAFC rehearing rates revealed, TTAB untouched by Arthrex, Switzerland joins GI agreement
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States can invoke sovereign immunity against claims of copyright infringement

Introduction On 23 March 2020 the Supreme Court unloaded its cannons on the Copyright Clarification Act (CRCA) 1990, holding in Allen v Cooper that Congress lacks authority to abrogate states immunity from copyright infringement suits.(1) The unanimous decision found that the court s previous holding in a case rejecting the sovereign immunity abrogation clause in the nearly identical Patent Remedy Act compelled a similar result.(2) Thus, states are now effectively immune from copyright infringement actions unless Congress creates a new law permitting abrogation of sovereign immunity in this context. Facts In 1996 a marine salvage company discovered the centuries-old wreck of the Queen Anne s Revenge, the 1717-18 flagship belonging to Edward Teach, better known as the pirate Blackbeard, off the North Carolina coast. The lengthy salvage process was filmed and photographed by Frederick Allen, who registered his works with the Copyright Office. The state of North Carolina then used

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