I knew that diplomats had immunity from prosecution, but I didn’t know that states had “sovereign immunity” to do as they please.
Here’s an interesting trademark case:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Gambling on Trademarks
Two men lost a $5 million trademark case against the Georgia State Lottery,
The suit involved the logo for Georgia’s MONEYBAG$ game, a velvet pouch with wooden tiles, which George Kyle had registered as a trademark in 1995.
The trademark was used by the Georgia Lottery with Kyle’s permission from 1999 to 2002,
It later appeared on scratch-off tickets in 2005 and 2007, without Kyle’s permission.
The Georgia Supreme Court said that “the Georgia Lottery is shielded from liability by sovereign immunity.”
Why should a state be “immune” from commercial law?
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