Zediva: The world’s longest extension cord
The AP reports that a small California (of course) company thinks it has a brilliant idea, a way to out-Netflix Netflix: Zediva Inc. is going... Read more
Tag: First Sale Doctrine
They just mailed it to you. It’s yours. You can sell it.
Eric Johnson: The Ninth Circuit has decided that if you get unsolicited CDs through the mail, you can turn around and sell them on eBay.... Read more
Kirtsaeng and Copyright: First sale means first sale
The Supreme Court handed down a huge decision in copyright law today, ruling in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. that the first sale doctrine, which... Read more
“That must be exhausting!” (Guest post)
Patents ARE different from copyrights! In a case distinguishing overseas inks (that is, ink on the printed page, on the one hand, versus ink in... Read more
Split decision
During my traditional end-of-December goof-off here I didn’t pay adequate attention to the important non-ruling in Costco v. Omega, which involves an issue I have... Read more
License revoked
Ever wonder about this new thing — where someone sells you some stuff, typically something that has some sort of copyright on it, only when... Read more
Best of 2013: Kirtsaeng and Copyright: First sale means first sale
The Supreme Court handed down a huge decision in copyright law today, ruling in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. that the first sale doctrine, which... Read more