Exploring Sovereign Immunity in Copyright Infringement: How India Can Learn from the Global Experience

Compared to the analogous use of patented inventions, the government's use of copyrighted works, though a very important sector, has gotten less attention. However, reports of such usage by the government or sovereign have been made in a number of nations, including the USA, where the eminent domain authority was used to provide some sort of explanation. This article uses a comparative analysis of significant jurisdictions to investigate this little-studied but crucial aspect of intellectual property law.