The discovery of the dread pirate Blackbeard’s flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge, off the North Carolina coast, began an unlikely chain of events which leads to the Supreme Court reconsidering whether and under what circumstances Congress may abrogate state sovereign immunity from suits for infringement of federal intellectual property laws, in this case copyright infringement. In this teleforum we will explore the background of Allen v. Cooper, on which the Supreme Court heard oral argument on November 5, including the interplay of the 11th Amendment and the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act, the evolution and impact of the Supreme Court's rulings in the 1990s in Seminole Tribe and Florida Prepaid, and how the briefs present the issues before the Court.
Featuring:

Zvi Rosen, Visiting Scholar and Professorial Lecturer in Law, George Washington University School of Law
Prof. Josh Blackman, Associate Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law Houston
Moderator: Kevin R. Amer, Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office

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