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6 April 2021AmericasSimon Roberts, Nitya Anand and Eric Wang
Sovereign immunity: a venue-dependent protection
At first glance, sovereign immunity—a constitutionally and judicially-created doctrine that protects sovereign entities such as countries, states, or indigenous tribes from suit unless the entity has waived its immunity or consented to suit—may seem like a get-out-of-jail-free card for a sovereign patent owner involved in a patent dispute.
