Xref: utzoo comp.misc:2803 misc.legal:5201 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!labrea!glacier!jbn From: jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle) Newsgroups: comp.misc,misc.legal Subject: Re: Intellectual property/copyrights Message-ID: <17557@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> Date: 15 Jul 88 15:58:31 GMT References: <9160@cisunx.UUCP> <1801@uhccux.UUCP> <807@netxcom.UUCP> <23618 <7239@cup.portal.com> Reply-To: jbn@glacier.UUCP (John B. Nagle) Organization: Stanford University Lines: 13 In article <7239@cup.portal.com> goodguy@cup.portal.com writes: >The Federal Copyright Office has ruled on the general situation concerning >the 11th Amendment whether you can sue a state or a entity of a state for >copyright infringement. The "Federal Copyright Office"? Patents and trademarks are handled by the Patent Office, a unit of the Department of Commerce. Copyrights are handled by a unit of the Library of Congress. In any case, opinions of the relevant administrative agencies on constitutional issues are just that; opinions of administrative agencies. The courts must rule on such issues. John Nagle