Godfread Law Firm - Intellectual Property and Business Law » first sale http://www.godfreadlaw.com A Minneapolis-St. Paul law firm practicing trademark, copyright, technology and business law. Wed, 04 May 2011 17:40:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Summary of Costco v. Omega in MIPLA Newsletter http://www.godfreadlaw.com/index.php/2010/summary-of-costco-v-omega-in-mipla-newsletter http://www.godfreadlaw.com/index.php/2010/summary-of-costco-v-omega-in-mipla-newsletter#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:01:09 +0000 Paul http://www.godfreadlaw.com/?p=505 A short article I wrote summarizing the Costco v. Omega case was published in the Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association’s New Matter™ Newsletter.

The case is about the “first sale” doctrine in copyright law and specifically, whether goods manufactured and sold abroad can be imported into the United States without the permission of the copyright holder. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case and it should have interesting implications for retailers, distributors and copyright owners.

MIPLA New Matter June 2010

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