Supreme Court IP Series: Allen v. Cooper

November 5, 2019
5:00pm | Room C-116
Reception to Follow
American University Washington College of Law regularly invites counsel of record and counsel for selected amici to offer post-argument reflections in intellectual property (and related) cases heard by the Supreme Court. These events are held on the afternoon of oral argument before the Court.
Issue:
Whether Congress validly abrogated state sovereign immunity via the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act in providing remedies for authors of original expression whose federal copyrights are infringed by states.
UPDATE:
Decision: March 20, 2020
Argument: Transcript; Audio