Intellectual Property
Oct. 30, 2012
Supreme Court to consider "first sale" doctrine over goods acquired overseas
The U.S. Supreme Court is getting another chance today to decide whether goods purchased cheaply overseas can be sold in the domestic market without authorization from the copyright owner.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The U.S. Supreme Court is getting another chance today to decide whether goods purchased cheaply overseas can be sold in the domestic market without authorization from the copyright owner.
The court will hear oral arguments in the case of a University of Southern California student who built a lucrative business importing American textbooks from a Thai manufacturer and selling them for a profit in the...
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