RE: Software and Fair Use Doctrine

>Was is not the copying of computer software by a state university that
>caused Congress to remove the Eleventh Amendment immunity of the states
>from judgements for copyright violations? BV Engineering v. University
>of California, 858 F. 2d 1394 (9th Cir. 1988). Those of us who represent
>state entities are forever grateful.
>
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And also set the stage for the subsequent abrogation of state sovereign immunity for patent infringement....

Of course, the area this is most likely to be a problem for states is in software and information processes. I suppose it's only fair that taxpayers, too, should suffer for the problems of the patent office.

Brian Kahin
<kahin[_at_]hulaw1.harvard.edu> Received on Wed Apr 27 1994 - 10:15:29 GMT