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Tag: First Sale Doctrine

Posted on December 27, 2022 Distribution systems

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

Posted on December 9, 2022 Copyright Law

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

Posted on November 12, 2021 Copyright Law

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

Posted on September 11, 2021 Patents

“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

Posted on June 2, 2021 Licensing

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

Posted on May 28, 2021 Copyright Law Fair Use

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

Posted on July 24, 2017 Copyright Law

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

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The question of whether consumers are likely to be confused is the signal inquiry that determines if a trademark infringement claim is valid. I write here about trademark law, copyright law, brands, free speech (mostly as it relates to the Internet and social media). That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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