florida prepaid postsecondary education expense board college savings bank et argued april decided june patent plant variety protection remedy clarification act act amended patent laws expressly abrogate sovereign immunity respondent college savings bank filed patent infringement suit petitioner florida prepaid postsecondary education expenses board florida prepaid florida state entity decided seminole tribe florida florida prepaid moved dismiss action claiming act unconstitutional attempt congress use article powers abrogate state sovereign immunity college savings countered congress properly exercised power pursuant fourteenth amendment order enforce due process guarantees amendment intervened defend statute constitutionality agreeing college savings district denied motion federal circuit affirmed held act abrogation sovereign immunity invalid sustained legislation enacted enforce guarantees fourteenth amendment due process clause pp florida expressly consented suit impliedly waived immunity see college savings bank florida prepaid postsecondary ed expense post determine whether act nonetheless validly abrogated immunity must ask first whether congress unequivocally expresse intent abrogate second whether congress acted pursuant valid exercise power seminole tribe supra congress clearly made known intent abrogate act whether power another matter seminole tribe held congress power article reaffirmed holding fitzpatrick bizer congress power fourteenth amendment thus legislation appropriate term construed city boerne flores abrogate state sovereignty since congress enforcement power remedial invoke congress must identify conduct transgressing fourteenth amendment substantive provisions must tailor legislative scheme remedying preventing conduct pp underlying conduct unremedied patent infringement however enacting act congress identified pattern infringement let alone pattern constitutional violations house report provided two examples patent infringement suits federal circuit identified eight suits years testimony house subcommittee acknowledged willing able respect patent rights senate report contains evidence unremedied patent infringement become problem national import pp although patents may considered property within meaning due process clause legislative record still provides little support proposition congress sought remedy fourteenth amendment violation enacting act plain terms due process clause clear import precedent state infringement patent violates constitution state provides remedy inadequate remedies injured patent owners infringement patent congress however barely considered availability state remedies patent infringement primary point made limited testimony state remedies whether remedies constitutionally inadequate rather less convenient federal remedies might undermine uniformity patent law congress said nothing existence adequacy state remedies statute senate report need uniformity patent law construction though undoubtedly important factor belonging article calculus moreover state actor negligent act causing unintended injury person property deprive person property within meaning due process clause record suggests state infringement patents worst innocent legislative record thus suggests act respond history widespread persisting deprivation constitutional rights sort congress faced enacting proper prophylactic legislation lack legislative support congress conclusion act provisions proportion supposed remedy preventive object understood responsive designed prevent unconstitutional behavior congress limit act coverage cases involving arguable constitutional violations confine reach limiting remedy certain types infringement instead congress made immediately amenable suits kinds possible patent infringement indefinite duration statute appearance basic aims present uniform remedy patent infringement place footing private parties regime proper article concerns article give congress power enact legislation seminole tribe pp reversed remanded rehnquist delivered opinion scalia kennedy thomas joined stevens filed dissenting opinion souter ginsburg breyer joined florida prepaid postsecondary education expense board petitioner college savings bank writ certiorari appeals federal circuit june chief justice rehnquist delivered opinion congress amended patent laws expressly abrogated sovereign immunity claims patent infringement respondent college savings sued state florida patent infringement appeals held congress validly abrogated state sovereign immunity infringement suits pursuant authority fourteenth amendment hold city boerne flores statute sustained legislation enacted enforce guarantees fourteenth amendment due process clause accordingly reverse decision appeals since respondent college savings bank new jersey chartered savings bank located princeton new jersey marketed sold certificates deposit known collegesure cd essentially annuity contracts financing future college expenses college savings obtained patent financing methodology designed guarantee investors sufficient funds cover costs tuition colleges petitioner florida prepaid postsecondary education expenses board florida prepaid entity created state florida administers similar tuition prepayment contracts available florida residents children see stat supp college savings claims course administering tuition prepayment program florida prepaid directly indirectly infringed college savings patent college savings brought infringement action florida prepaid district district new jersey november time college savings filed suit congress already passed patent plant variety protection remedy clarification act patent remedy act legislation patent laws stated whoever without authority made used sold patented invention infringed patent applying decision atascadero state hosp scanlon federal circuit held patent laws failed contain requisite statement intent abrogate state sovereign immunity infringement suits see chew california response chew similar decisions congress enacted patent remedy act clarify instrumentalities officers employees acting official capacity subject suit federal person infringement patents plant variety protections pub preamble stat see also pt pp hereinafter pp hereinafter section used section term whoever includes state instrumentality state officer employee state instrumentality state acting official capacity section addresses sovereign immunity issue even specifically state instrumentality state officer employee state instrumentality state acting official capacity shall immune eleventh amendment constitution doctrine sovereign immunity suit federal person infringement patent section violation title relying provisions college savings alleged florida prepaid willfully infringed patent well contributed induced infringement college savings sought declaratory injunctive relief well damages attorney fees costs decided seminole tribe fla florida florida prepaid moved dismiss action grounds sovereign immunity florida prepaid argued patent remedy act unconstitutional attempt congress use article powers abrogate state sovereign immunity college savings responded congress properly exercised power pursuant fourteenth amendment enforce guarantees due process clause amendment intervened defend constitutionality statute agreeing college savings district denied florida prepaid motion dismiss supp federal circuit affirmed federal circuit held congress clearly expressed intent abrogate immunity suit federal patent infringement congress power fourteenth amendment reasoned patents property subject protections due process clause congress objective enacting patent remedy act permissible sought prevent depriving patent owners property without due process see id rejected florida prepaid argument deprived patent owners property without due process refused deny congress authority subject suit patent infringement federal courts regardless extent procedural due process may exist particular time id finally held patent remedy act proportionate response state infringement appropriate measure protect patent owners property decision city boerne concluded significant harm results state infringement patents sound reason hold congress subject state civil consequences face private party infringer id granted certiorari reverse ii eleventh amendment provides judicial power shall construed extend suit law equity commenced prosecuted one citizens another state citizens subjects foreign state recently explained seminole tribe supra although text amendment appear restrict article iii diversity jurisdiction federal courts understood eleventh amendment stand much says presupposition confirms presupposition first observed century ago hans louisiana two parts first state sovereign entity federal system second inherent nature sovereignty amenable suit individual without consent emphasis deleted quoting federalist century reaffirmed federal jurisdiction suits unconsenting contemplated constitution establishing judicial power hans supra college savings sued state florida federal undisputed florida expressly consented suit college savings argue florida impliedly waived immunity parden terminal docks dept argument however foreclosed decision companion case overruling constructive waiver theory announced parden see college savings bank florida prepaid postsecondary ed expense college savings nonetheless contend congress enactment patent remedy act validly abrogated sovereign immunity determine merits proposition must answer two questions first whether congress unequivocally expresse intent abrogate immunity second whether congress acted pursuant valid exercise power seminole tribe supra agree parties federal circuit enacting patent remedy act congress made intention abrogate immunity unmistakably clear language statute dellmuth muth indeed congress intent abrogate clearer see state shall immune eleventh amendment constitution doctrine sovereign immunity suit federal infringement whether congress power compel surrender sovereign immunity purposes however another matter congress justified patent remedy act three sources constitutional authority patent clause art cl interstate commerce clause art cl fourteenth amendment see seminole tribe course overruled plurality opinion pennsylvania union gas prior case finding congressional authority abrogate state sovereign immunity pursuant article power commerce clause seminole tribe makes clear congress may abrogate state sovereign immunity pursuant article powers hence patent remedy act sustained either commerce clause patent clause ibid federal circuit recognized college savings contend otherwise instead college savings argue federal circuit properly concluded congress enacted patent remedy act secure fourteenth amendment protections deprivations property without due process law fourteenth amendment provides relevant part section state shall deprive person life liberty property without due process law section congress shall power enforce appropriate legislation provisions article reaffirming view state sovereign immunity yield congress article powers seminole tribe also reaffirmed holding fitzpatrick bitzer congress retains authority abrogate state sovereign immunity pursuant fourteenth amendment opinion explained fitzpatrick recognized fourteenth amendment expanding federal power expense state autonomy fundamentally altered balance state federal power struck constitution seminole tribe supra described fitzpatrick holding fourteenth amendment federal power extended intrude upon province eleventh amendment therefore fourteenth amendment allowed congress abrogate immunity suit guaranteed amendment seminole tribe supra college savings correct suggesting appropriate legislation pursuant enforcement clause fourteenth amendment abrogate state sovereignty congress apparently thought patent remedy act justified bill justified acceptable method enforcing provisions fourteenth amendment lemelson ampex supp nd recognized patent form property holding right compensation exists patent infringement additionally courts continually recognized patent rights property fourteenth amendment prohibits state depriving person property without due process law footnotes omitted held provisions article refers include due process clause fourteenth amendment city boerne flores legislation must nonetheless appropriate term construed city boerne held religious freedom restoration act rfra stat et seq exceeded congress authority fourteenth amendment insofar rfra made applicable rfra enacted direct response decision employment dept human resources smith construed free exercise clause first amendment hold neutral generally applicable laws may applied religious practices even supported compelling governmental interest city boerne supra rfra congress reinstated compelling governmental interest test eschewed smith requiring generally applicable law placing substantial burden free exercise religion must justified compelling governmental interest must employ least restrictive means furthering interest holding rfra justified appropriate enforcement legislation emphasized congress enforcement power remedial nature recognized egislation deters remedies constitutional violations fall within sweep congress enforcement power even process prohibits conduct unconstitutional intrudes legislative spheres autonomy previously reserved id citation omitted also noted however broad congressional enforcement power unlimited ibid held congress enforce constitutional right changing right given power enforce power determine constitutes constitutional violation id canvassing history fourteenth amendment case law examining propriety congress various voting rights measures explained line measures remedy prevent unconstitutional actions measures make substantive change governing law easy discern congress must wide latitude determining lies distinction exists must observed must congruence proportionality injury prevented remedied means adopted end lacking connection legislation may become substantive operation effect thus held congress invoke must identify conduct transgressing fourteenth amendment substantive provisions must tailor legislative scheme remedying preventing conduct rfra failed meet test little support record concerns supposedly animated law id unlike measures voting rights cases rfra provisions proportion supposed remedial preventive object understood responsive designed prevent unconstitutional behavior id see also id simply put rfra designed identify counteract state laws likely unconstitutional patent remedy act viewed remedial preventive legislation aimed securing protections fourteenth amendment patent owners following city boerne must first identify fourteenth amendment evil wrong congress intended remedy guided principle propriety legislation must judged reference historical experience reflects id underlying conduct issue state infringement patents use sovereign immunity deny patent owners compensation invasion patent rights see atent owners effectively denied remedy damages resulting infringement state state entity laintiffs patent infringement cases state foreclosed damages regardless state conduct conduct unremedied patent infringement must give rise fourteenth amendment violation congress sought redress patent remedy act enacting patent remedy act however congress identified pattern patent infringement let alone pattern constitutional violations unlike undisputed record racial discrimination confronting congress voting rights cases see city boerne supra congress came little evidence infringing conduct part house report acknowledged many comply patent law provide two examples patent infringement suits see federal circuit opinion identified eight suits prosecuted years see testimony house subcommittee favor bill acknowledged willing able respect patent rights fact reported cases involving patent infringement claims underlies point patent remedy clarification act hearing subcommittee courts intellectual property administration justice house committee judiciary hereinafter house hearings statement william thompson id statement robert merges tates occasionally find patent infringement suits even bill sponsor conceded evidence massive widespread violation patent laws either without state immunity id statement kastenmeier senate report well contains evidence unremedied patent infringement become problem national import congress heard testimony patent infringement might increase future see house hearings statement jeffrey samuels id statement robert merges id statement william thompson acted head speculative harm see college savings argues infringing patent pleading immunity infringement suit state infringes patent deprives patentee property without due process law takes property patent without paying compensation required fifth amendment declines defend act based compensation clause joins college savings defense act designed prevent state depriving patentee property without due process law college savings contends congress may invoke protect property interests created first place article patents however long considered species property see brown duchesne laws rights party patent private property consolidated wright patent invention much property patent land surely included within property person may deprived state without due process law due process clause protects patents know reason congress might legislate deprivation without due process fourteenth amendment though patents may considered property purposes analysis legislative record still provides little support proposition congress sought remedy fourteenth amendment violation enacting patent remedy act due process clause provides shall state deprive person life liberty property without due process law amdt emphasis added accordingly held procedural due process claims deprivation state action constitutionally protected interest unconstitutional unconstitutional deprivation interest without due process law zinermon burch emphasis deleted thus plain terms clause clear import precedent state infringement patent though interfering patent owner right exclude others violate constitution instead state provides remedy inadequate remedies injured patent owners infringement patent deprivation property without due process result see parratt taylor hudson palmer id onnor concurring challenging property deprivation claimant must either avail remedies guaranteed state law prove available remedies inadequate adequate remedies provided followed deprivation property without due process result congress however barely considered availability state remedies patent infringement hence whether conduct might amounted constitutional violation fourteenth amendment hear limited amount testimony effect remedies available uncertain primary point made witnesses however state remedies constitutionally inadequate rather less convenient federal remedies might undermine uniformity patent law see house hearings statement robert merges niformity dictates sovereign immunity mistake field variance among state laws merges id statement william thompson congress said nothing existence adequacy state remedies statute senate report made fleeting references state remedies house report essentially repeating testimony witnesses see availability state remedy tenuous vary significantly state state id patentees turn state courts alternative forms relief patent infringement result patchwork state laws actually undermining goal national uniformity patent system need uniformity construction patent law undoubtedly important factor belongs article calculus rather determination whether state plea sovereign immunity deprives patentee property without due process law also said state actor negligent act causes unintended injury person property deprive person property within meaning due process clause see daniels williams actions predicated direct patent infringement however require showing intent infringe instead knowledge intent considered respect damages see supp iii chisum patents rev ed course elementary infringement may entirely inadvertent unintentional without knowledge congress focus instances intentional reckless infringement part indeed evidence congress suggested state infringement innocent worst negligent see always clear products government buy anyone really aware patent status particular invention device rare find willful infringement part state state agency negligent conduct however violate due process clause fourteenth amendment legislative record thus suggests patent remedy act respond history widespread persisting deprivation constitutional rights sort congress faced enacting proper prophylactic legislation city boerne instead congress appears enacted legislation response handful instances state patent infringement necessarily violate constitution though lack support legislative record determinative see id identifying targeted constitutional wrong evil still critical part calculus trong measures appropriate address one harm may unwarranted response another lesser one id record best offers scant support congress conclusion depriving patent owners property without due process law pleading sovereign immunity patent actions lack provisions patent remedy act proportion supposed remedial preventive object understood responsive designed prevent unconstitutional behavior unlimited range state conduct expose state claims direct induced contributory patent infringement house report cited testimony acknowledging difficult us identify patented product process might used state supra despite subjecting expansive liability congress nothing limit coverage act cases involving arguable constitutional violations state refuses offer remedy patent owners whose patents infringed make attempt confine reach act limiting remedy certain types infringement nonnegligent infringement infringement authorized pursuant state policy providing suits questionable remedies high incidence infringement instead congress made immediately amenable suit federal kinds possible patent infringement indefinite duration opinion city boerne discussed approval various limits congress imposed voting rights measures see noted congressional enactment pervasively prohibits constitutional state action effort remedy prevent unconstitutional state action limitations kind tend ensure congress means proportionate ends legitimate id patent remedy act indiscriminate scope offends principle particularly incongruous light scant support predicate unconstitutional conduct congress intended remedy sum simply said many acts infringement affected congressional enactment significant likelihood unconstitutional historical record scope coverage therefore make clear patent remedy act sustained fourteenth amendment examples avoiding liability patent infringement pleading sovereign immunity patent action scarce enough plausible argument action part state deprived patentees property left without remedy state law scarcer still statute apparent basic aims provide uniform remedy patent infringement place footing private parties regime proper article concerns article give congress power enact legislation seminole tribe judgment appeals reversed case remanded proceedings consistent opinion ordered florida prepaid postsecondary education expense board petitioner college savings bank writ certiorari appeals federal circuit june justice stevens justice souter justice ginsburg justice breyer join dissenting constitution vests congress plenary authority patents copyrights art cl nearly years ago congress provided exclusive jurisdiction patent infringement litigation federal courts see campbell haverhill congress clarified jurisdictional grant amendment patent law unambiguously authorizes patent infringement actions state instrumentalities officer employee state acting official capacity pub stat given absence effective state remedies patent infringement statutory state remedies patent plant variety protection remedy clarification act patent remedy act appropriate exercise congress power fourteenth amendment prevent state deprivations property without due process law recent decision city boerne flores amply supports congressional authority enact patent remedy act whether one assumes seldom infringe patents see ante patent infringements potentially permeate unlimited range state conduct see ante discussing city boerne however shall comment briefly principle undergirds aspects patent system national uniformity commentaries federal constitution justice story said patent copyright clauses beneficial parties national government possess power authors inventors otherwise subjected varying laws systems different subject impair might even destroy value rights public promote progress science useful arts admit people large short interval full possession enjoyment writings inventions without restraint story commentaries constitution rotunda nowak eds james madison said clause utility power scarcely questioned separately make effectual provision either copyrights patents anticipated decision point laws passed instance congress federalist lodge ed madison sound reasons support congress authority patents subsequent decision vest exclusive jurisdiction patent infringement litigation federal courts substantive rules law applied patent infringement cases entirely federal beginning congress given patentee right bring action patent infringement stat accordingly strong federal interest interpretation patent statutes uniform faithful constitutional goals stimulating invention rewarding disclosure novel useful advances technology see graham john deere kansas city federal interests threatened inadequate protection patentees also overprotection may adverse impact competitive economy see bonito boats thunder craft boats therefore consistency uniformity familiarity extensive relevant body patent jurisprudence matters overriding significance area law patent infringement litigation often raises difficult technical issues unfamiliar average trial judge consideration well divergence among federal circuits interpretation patent issues provided support congressional decision consolidate appellate jurisdiction patent appeals appeals federal circuit although jurisdiction appeals federal trial courts patent infringement cases power review state decisions questions patent law see reasons motivated creation federal circuit undermined exception allowed patent infringement claims brought state today first acknowledges need uniformity construction patent law undoubtedly important ante discounts significance merely factor belongs article calculus rather determination whether state plea sovereign immunity deprives patentee property without due process law ibid article calculus directly relevant case establishes constitutionality congressional decision vest exclusive jurisdiction patent infringement cases federal courts basic decision unquestionably appropriate equally appropriate congress abrogate state sovereign immunity patent infringement cases order close potential loophole uniform federal scheme undermined necessarily decrease efficacy process afforded patent holders ii recent decision city boerne flores sets general test determining whether congress enacted appropriate legislation pursuant fourteenth amendment must congruence proportionality injury prevented remedied means adopted end id first step inquiry determine injury congress sought prevent remedy relevant legislation recognizes congress authority fourteenth amendment extends enforcing due process clause amendment ante congress decided agree patent remedy act proper exercise power acknowledges must patents property ante see also consolidated wright every valid patent gives patentee assignee exclusive right make use vend invention discovery limited period machine stokes smith suggests however state infringement patent necessarily constitute deprivation within meaning due process clause infringement may done negligently ante part attempt stem tide prisoner litigation avoid making fourteenth amendment font tort law superimposed upon whatever systems may already administered daniels williams drawn constitutional distinction negligent intentional misconduct injuries caused mere negligence state prison officials leaving pillow stairs jail example deprive anyone liberty property within meaning due process clause amendment ibid hand willful misconduct perhaps recklessness gross negligence may give rise deprivation disagree assumption standard necessarily applies deprivations patent rights daniels line cases marginal relevance case respondent college savings bank alleged petitioner infringement willful question presented case whether patent remedy act clarified congress intent subject state infringers suit federal may applied willful infringement read opinion negative answer question nothing facts case instead relies entirely perceived deficiencies evidence reviewed congress enacted clarifying amendment enacting patent remedy act congress identified pattern patent infringement let alone pattern constitutional violations ante quite unfair strike congress act based absence findings supporting requirement yet articulated legislative history patent remedy act makes abundantly clear congress attempting hurdle barrier erected eleventh amendment course clear statement rule atascadero state hospital scanlon nevertheless congress hear testimony inadequate state remedies patent infringement considering patent remedy act leading case referred congressional hearing chew california ca fed fact chew prompted congress consider legislation became patent remedy act see pt federal circuit held case congressional intent abrogate state sovereign immunity patent laws unmistakably clear required atascadero chew facts chew clearly support congress decision authority enact patent remedy act marian chew invented method testing automobile engine exhaust emissions secured patent discovery invention primarily used governmental entities chew ohio resident sued state california federal infringing patent california filed motion dismiss eleventh amendment grounds district granted federal circuit affirmed id expressly stating question whether chew remedy california law question us nevertheless implied decision even chew left without remedy id hearing patent remedy act congress heard testimony chew case professor merges stated chew might able draft infringement suit tort claim might impossible least difficult california law consequently relief state statutes may true alternative avenue recovery house hearing congress heard general testimony state remedies likely insufficient compensate inventors whose patents infringed acting commissioner patents stated instrumentalities immune suit federal patent infringement patent holders forced pursue uncertain perhaps even remedies state law id legislative record references several cases patent infringement involving see paperless accounting mass transit administration civil har md cited house hearing hercules minnesota state highway supp house hearing lemelson ampex supp nd addition congress found state infringement patents likely increase pt opinion today dismisses rationale congress heard testimony patent infringement might increase future acted head speculative harm ante citations omitted fact instrumentalities especially state universities involved many patent cases since see regents univ glaxo wellcome supp declaratory judgment action filed university minnesota university foundation american cyanamid supp patent infringement action filed university colorado amoco supp sd cal suit filed various parties alleging inter alia regents university california induced patent infringement amoco genentech regents univ ca fed declaratory judgment suit filed genentech alza supp nj counterclaim brought alza regents university california furthermore instrumentalities heavily involved federal patent system patent trademark office issued patents universities public private alone chakansky patent profiles computer law strategist royalty earnings licenses universities totaled million increase prior year eckstrom licensing foreign domestic operations epstein ed state florida obtained patents since beginning brief new york intellectual property law association amicus curiae obtained patents brief true considering patent remedy act congress review remedies available state patent infringements surmise kind recovery plaintiff might obtain tort suit jurisdictions see ante particularly ironic view fact support holding given congress long ago state jurisdiction patent infringement cases surely reasonable congress assume remedies simply exist furthermore well known waived sovereign immunity suit among contours waiver vary widely even remedies might available theory appropriate congress conclude guarantee patentees due process infringement actions state defendants state judges never exposure patent litigation federal judges experienced decades unlike infringement actions brought federal district courts decisions reviewable appeals federal circuit surely undertake task reviewing every state decision arguably misapplied patent law even amended construed permit state courts entertain infringement actions state named defendant given opinion alden maine means clear state courts required hear cases post slip even state courts elected hear patent infringement cases state entities entire category cases raise questions impartiality concern underlies constitutional authorization diversity jurisdiction statutory provisions removal certain cases state federal courts et al concern justified john marshall narrow construction eleventh amendment cohens virginia wheat noted conflict state interest federal right hazarding much assert judicatures exempt prejudices legislatures people influenced constitute perfectly impartial tribunals finally never mandated congress must find widespread persisting deprivation constitutional rights ante order employ authority surprising therefore congress compile extensive legislative record analyzing due process lack thereof state might afford patent infringement suit retooled action tort congress reason believe needed thing indeed today iii view congress sufficient evidence due process violations whether actual potential meet requirement expressed city boerne congress act remedy prevent unconstitutional actions see opinion today threatens read congress power pass prophylactic legislation altogether holding unsupported city boerne fact conflicts reasoning case city boerne affirmed principle broad sweep congress enforcement power encompasses legislation deters remedies constitutional violations even prohibits conduct unconstitutional even intrudes spheres autonomy previously reserved nevertheless held enactment religious freedom restoration act rfra appropriate exercise congress enforcement power fourteenth amendment id enacting rfra congress sought change meaning free exercise clause first amendment interpreted rather remedy prevent violations clause interpreted held rfra crossed line measures remedy prevent unconstitutional actions measures make substantive change governing law congress power corrective preventive definitional extensive review legislative history rfra made clear statute fairly characterized remedial measure rather legislative attempt interpret elaborate meaning free exercise clause congress violated principle power interpret constitution case controversy remains judiciary difference harm targeted rfra harm motivated enactment patent remedy act striking rfra congress sought overrule interpretation first amendment patent remedy act however passed prevent future violations due process based substantiated fear unable unwilling provide adequate remedies violations rights congress wide latitude determining remedial preventive measures see id suddenly become narrow indeed city boerne also identified proportionality component appropriate legislation opinion expressly recognized preventive rules sometimes appropriate congruence means used ends achieved appropriateness remedial measures must considered light evil presented see south carolina katzenbach strong measures appropriate address one harm may unwarranted response another lesser one id id rfra found congruence absence evidence widespread violations need redress sweeping coverage statute ensured intrusion every level government displacing laws prohibiting official actions almost every description regardless subject matter contrast rfra act issue case stark sole purpose amendment abrogate sovereign immunity defense charge patent infringement impact whatsoever substantive rule state law merely effectuates settled federal policy confine patent infringement litigation federal judges precise congruence means used abrogation sovereign immunity narrow category cases ends achieved elimination risk defense sovereign immunity deprive patentees property without due process law congruence equally precise whether infringement patents state actors rare frequent indeed unusual statute operate rare cases infringements common become common state activities commercial arena increase impact statute likewise expand precise harmony growth problem congress anticipated sought prevent either event statute impact enforcement laws none concerns underlay decision city boerne even remotely implicated case patent remedy act merely puts position private users patent system virtually posture congress grants exclusive right monopoly effects pervasive citizen state may escape reach goldstein california analyzing copyright clause recognizing injustice sovereign immunity context waived immunity suit patent violations congress enacted statute entitled act provide additional protection owners patents ch stat act provided owners patents infringed may recover reasonable compensation use suit claims consistently maintained policy last years see judgment act paradigm appropriate exercise congress power iv reasons convinced act upheld even full respect given recent cases cloaking increasing protection congressional legislation however note continuing dissent aggressive sovereign immunity jurisprudence today demonstrates champion rights case seeks guarantee rights express particular desire possessing congress hearings patent remedy act although invited chose testify opposition abrogation immunity statute invalidates today one several clear statements congress enacted response decision atascadero state hospital scanlon clarifications congress fully justified assuming ample authority abrogate sovereign immunity defenses federal claims authority squarely upheld pennsylvania union gas holding plurality opinion see ante overruled seminole tribe florida full reach case dramatic expansion doctrine sovereign immunity unpredictable dimensions defined present majority perception constitutional penumbras rather constitutional text see acknowledging understood eleventh amendment stand much says citation omitted expansive judicially crafted protection rights runs course shall continue register agreement views expressed seminole dissents scholarly commentary case respectfully dissent footnotes college savings also filed separate action alleging florida prepaid made false claims product violation trademark act lanham act district dismissed lanham act suit eleventh amendment grounds third circuit affirmed granted college savings petition case day granted petition case see lanham act suit subject opinion college savings bank florida prepaid postsecondary ed expense bd section still provides relevant part except otherwise provided title whoever without authority makes uses offers sell sells patented invention within imports patented invention term patent therefor infringes patent whoever actively induces infringement patent shall liable infringer whoever offers sell sells within imports component patented machine manufacture combination composition material apparatus use practicing patented process constituting material part invention knowing especially made especially adapted use infringement patent staple article commodity commerce suitable substantial noninfringing use shall liable contributory infringer ed supp iii district concluded purposes immunity suit florida prepaid arm state florida conclusion parties dispute either federal circuit patent clause provides congress shall power promote progress science useful arts securing limited times authors inventors exclusive right respective writings discoveries art cl commerce clause provides congress shall power regulate commerce foreign nations among several indian tribes art cl relevant portions fourteenth amendment discussed see south carolina katzenbach katzenbach morgan oregon mitchell city rome representative kastenmeier made statement course questioning jeffrey samuels acting commissioner patents trademarks department commerce discussion continued kastenmeier accordingly one argue legislation may premature really know whether affect sic samuels well right chairman many cases raised issue guess feeling step taken possibility exists light atascadero light chew case get involved infringing patents guess general policy statement believe engaged engage patent infringement subject remedies set forth patent act rights patent owner dependent upon identity entity infringing whether private individual corporation state general philosophical matter believe law needs passed suggestion language statute house senate reports bill became statute congress mind compensation clause fifth amendment since congress explicit invoking authority article authority prevent state depriving person property without due process law fourteenth amendment think omission precludes consideration compensation clause basis patent remedy act see house hearings statement robert merges thus patentee apparently draft cause action general tort claim perhaps one restitution come within statute might impossible least difficult california law id true may state remedies alternative state remedies bring deceit suit try general unfair competition suit restitution one occurred possible basis recovery id another problem approach assumes state law remedies available every state patentee product sold may may true id statement william thompson case balance since least effective patent remedies state level id lane first nat bank boston supp mass pointed appellant may able obtain money damages recourse massachusetts tort claims act sue state deceit conversion unfair competition massachusetts law also noted massachusetts statute provides damages may recovered state private property confiscated public purpose many may similar statutes courts surmise intellectual property infringement cases may pursued state courts offer us little comfort id sounds like difficult area predict happen rich variety potential causes action prior speaker merges pointed worth mentioning state florida provides remedies patent owners alleged infringement part state aggrieved parties may pursue legislative remedy claims bill payment full stat judicial remedy takings conversion claim see jacobs wind electric florida dept relevant testimony stated full comments regarding copyright centered substantial use copyrighted textbooks state universities well state use copyrighted music computer software state use patented products diverse substantial patented inventions involved manner commonly used machines tools instruments chemicals compounds materials devices description purpose furthermore patented processes commonplace state instrumentalities operate hospitals universities prisons libraries build maintain roads provide facilities equipment large numbers employees perform manner state supported activities difficult us identify patented product process might used state house hearings statement william thompson see stating state entities shall subject provisions title manner extent nongovernmental entity see also committee believes full panoply remedies provided patent law available patentees whose legitimate rights infringed state entities thus contrary dissent intimation see post patent remedy act put position patent remedy act subject remedies available plaintiffs infringement actions include punitive damages attorney fees see well injunctive relief see waiving immunity patent infringement actions ed supp iii however consent either treble damages injunctive relief allowed reasonable attorney fees narrow class specified instances footnotes see act apr ch stat act february ch stat dispute whether federal jurisdiction patent cases become exclusive see chisum patents event provides district courts shall original jurisdiction civil action arising act congress relating patents plant variety protection copyrights jurisdiction shall exclusive courts patent plant variety protection copyright cases second sentence excluding reference plant variety protection cases worded essentially way since see rev stat used various criteria determining action arises patent law see dale tile mfg hyatt well established patent infringement claim paradigm action arising patent laws chisum advisory commission patent law reform recommended patent jurisdiction restricted single district per circuit district courts designate use judges special expertise patent litigation increased expertise courts able effectively control litigation proceedings ensure consistency application substantive patent law course restricted jurisdictional provision reduce flexibility currently available parties file actions pursuant general jurisdictional authority yet patent practice essentially national practice costs terms lost flexibility associated change appear relatively minor comparison prospective benefits uniformity practice advisory commission patent law reform comer et report secretary commerce report federal courts improvement act house stated patent litigation long identified problem area characterized undue unsettling inconsistency adjudications based evidence compiled course thorough hearings subject commission revision federal appellate system created act congress concluded patent law area application law facts case often produces different outcomes different courtrooms substantially similar cases result circuit courts regarded much time money expended shopping favorable venue commission survey practitioners patent bar reported uncertainty created lack national law precedent significant problem commission found patent law area widespread particularly acute pp footnotes omitted see also paragraph college savings complaint alleges efendant florida prepaid actual knowledge patent knowledge infringement without lawful justification willfully infringed patent app pet cert practical matter infringement actions based mere negligence rarely arise patent infringers put notice conduct may actionable infringement suit filed first step enforcing patent usually send letter pokotilow siegal cease desist letters legal pitfalls patentees intellectual property strategist chairman house subcommittee considering patent remedy act representative kastenmeier engaged following dialogue william thompson president american intellectual property law association whether definitively immune suit eleventh amendment following federal circuit recent decision chew california astenmeier mentioned see likelihood cases area since atascadero chew cases seem fairly definitive question unless fact remedial legislation anticipate remedial legislation bill us passed law subject litigation hompson think clear legislation clearly drawn seems match tests set forth atascadero making clear patent statute one qualify abrogation area sic amendment never guarantee exactly attorneys going read statutes chairman sane ones bring action hearing subcommittee courts intellectual property administration justice house committee judiciary house hearing merges continued another problem approach assumes state law remedies available every state patentee product sold may may true event requiring potential plaintiff patentee ascertain validity claims differing substantive procedural laws fifty may well prove substantial disincentive commencement suits moreover vitiate major goal federal intellectual property system national uniformity short remedies simply substitute patent infringement actions id see generally dueker biobusiness campus commercialization biomedical technologies food drug bertha intellectual property activities research universities idea tech eisenberg public research private development patents technology transfer research rev extent majority finds factor dispositive hope copyright remedy clarification act may considered appropriate legislation legislative history act includes many examples copyright infringements especially state universities see hearings subcommittee courts intellectual property administration justice house committee judiciary hearing subcommittee patents copyrights trademarks senate committee judiciary sess perhaps importantly house requested register copyrights prepare study described transmittal letter factual inquiry enforcement copyright state governments unfair copyright licensing practices respect state government use copyrighted works also prepared analysis current state eleventh amendment law decisions relating copyright liability including assessment constitutional limitations congressional action finally requested american law division congressional research service conducted state survey statutes case law concerning waiver state sovereign immunity register copyrights oman copyright liability eleventh amendment june transmittal letter report contains comments industry groups statistics legal analysis relating copyright violations actual potential see act passed florida hold patentee might bring sort takings claim state might seek legislative remedy see jacobs wind electric florida dept transp given unambiguous text reason congress anticipated decision good reason believe may misinterpreted federal law see jacobs wind harding dissenting see code claims may brought administratively va art vi state west virginia shall never made defendant law equity see rev stat waiving immunity tort claims injuries resulting operation motor vehicle operation public hospital correctional facility dangerous condition public building dangerous condition public highway road dangerous condition caused snow ice operation public utility facility stat ann supp waiver immunity invalid loss arises state employee exercises due care performance failure perform discretionary duty md cts jud proc code ann immunity waived claim single occurrence exceeds house report advocating creation federal circuit congress noted infrequency review patent cases leaves present judicial system without effective means assuring nationwide administration patent laws senate said report act current state law leaves protection afforded patent trademark holders dependant status infringing party public school ucla sue private school usc patent infringement yet usc sue ucla act majority assertion patent remedy act put position ante misleading case private infringement suits treble damages available infringer acted wanton disregard patentee patent rights infringement willful read portec ca fed reversing district award enhanced damages hand finding willful infringement mandate damages enhanced much less mandate treble damages ibid attorney fees available exceptional circumstances determined case exceptional district discretion whether award attorney fees fees must reasonable gentry gallery berkline ca fed addition attorney fees available limited circumstances suits ante remaining differences waiver sovereign immunity patent remedy act supported quintessentially federal concerns found procurement equipment area uniquely federal interest boyle technologies indeed importance federal interest military procurement led fashion doctrine government contractors immunity without waiting congress consider question id stevens dissenting injunctions available federal government extensive investment patented military inventions right enjoin officer virtually asserts existence judicial power close every arsenal crozier krupp also persuaded state like florida invoked benefits federal patent system deemed waived defense sovereign immunity patent litigation reasoning justice breyer dissent college savings bank florida prepaid postsecondary ed expense post applies special force case subcommittee invited state attorneys general representatives state universities testify none made available hearing see americans disabilities act bankruptcy reform act family medical leave act trademark remedy clarification act individuals disabilities education act copyright remedy clarification 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