Re: Florida Pre-paid v. College Savings Bank

On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Andrew C. Greenberg <werdna[_at_]gate.net> wrote:
>
> simply replace Section 296(a) of the Patent Act (and corresponding
> sections of the Copyright Act and the Lanham Act), with provisions
> stating that no Patent (copyright, trademark) owned, exclusively
> licensed or otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, in whole
> or in part by a State shall be enforceable unless the State has
> first unequivocally and expressly waived sovereign immunity as to
> all patent, copyright and trademark claims.

     An interesting idea. But what of the 10th Amendment's guarantee of power not granted the Federal government being reserved to "the people." The 10th places the people on equal footing with the state, yet the people always seem to lose out under the 10th.

     I submit our copyright laws as they now stand are wholly inadequate to meet the demands of digital information. If they do anything, it is to cause great confusion. This is not desirable for anyone.

Nick Zales
Zales Law Office
Milwaukee, WI
<zales[_at_]execpc.com> Received on Thu Jul 01 1999 - 20:17:01 GMT