Reading Time: < 1 minute Andrew will moderate a webinar on Wednesday October 26,2011, sponsored by BNA entitled Alternatives Now Available to Copyright and Trademark Owners to Combat Gray Market and Counterfeit Goods: Recent…Continue reading BNA Program on Gray Market and Counterfeit Goods
PLI Seminar on November 1 on the First Sale Doctrine after Wiley v. Kirtsaeng
Reading Time: 3 minutes Andrew will be a panelist in a webinar on November 1 sponsored by PLI dealing with the tension between Sections 109(a) and 602(a)(1) of the Copyright Act following the…Continue reading PLI Seminar on November 1 on the First Sale Doctrine after Wiley v. Kirtsaeng
Kirtsaeng Asks for En Banc Review; Let’s Hope He Gets It
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday Mr. Kirtsaeng asked for en banc review of the 2-1 majority opinion by the 2d Circuit in a copyright infringement case brought by John Wiley holding that the first…Continue reading Kirtsaeng Asks for En Banc Review; Let’s Hope He Gets It
The Wait For Kirtsaeng Is Over: The 2d Circuit Holds, Consistent With The 9th Circuit’s Opinion In Omega v. Costco, That The First Sale Doctrine Applies Only To Goods Manufactured In This Country
Reading Time: 5 minutes§602 (a)(1) Trumps the First Sale Doctrine The cloud lingering over the gray market industry since the Supreme Court split 4-4 in Costco just got a lot darker. Gray market goods…Continue reading The Wait For Kirtsaeng Is Over: The 2d Circuit Holds, Consistent With The 9th Circuit’s Opinion In Omega v. Costco, That The First Sale Doctrine Applies Only To Goods Manufactured In This Country
Waiting for Kirtsaeng: the Unresolved Tension Following the 4-4 Split in Costco Between Sections 602 and 109 of the Copyright Act
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe huge gray market industry, disappointed with the Supreme Court’s 4-4 split in Costco v. Omega, has been hoping for better news from the 2nd Circuit. They keep waiting and…Continue reading Waiting for Kirtsaeng: the Unresolved Tension Following the 4-4 Split in Costco Between Sections 602 and 109 of the Copyright Act
A Program on the First Sale Doctrine Sponsored by the ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries
Reading Time: 2 minutes Andrew will be a panelist at a webinar on the first sale doctrine sponsored by the American Bar Association Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries and the ABA…Continue reading A Program on the First Sale Doctrine Sponsored by the ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries
Hot Topics In IP Litigation Program Coming to D.C.
Reading Time: 2 minutes The IP Litigation Committee of the ABA Section of Litigation is sponsoring its first Hot Topics program to be held on Friday June 10 in DC. The program brochure…Continue reading Hot Topics In IP Litigation Program Coming to D.C.
Can We Keep Those Gray Market Goods Out of Here? The Unresolved Tension Between §§ 109 and 602 of the Copyright Act Following the 4-4 Split in Costco v. Omega
Reading Time: < 1 minute The BNA Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal recently published my article dealing with the aftermath of the deadlock in Costco v. Omega. The article analyzes the policy issues in…Continue reading Can We Keep Those Gray Market Goods Out of Here? The Unresolved Tension Between §§ 109 and 602 of the Copyright Act Following the 4-4 Split in Costco v. Omega
Additional Appeals to Watch in the 2d Circuit in the Aftermath of the Costco/Omega 4-4 Split
Reading Time: < 1 minute I mentioned in my post yesterday that all eyes are on the 2d Circuit as we await the decision in the Kirtsaeng case (district court opinion here) which was…Continue reading Additional Appeals to Watch in the 2d Circuit in the Aftermath of the Costco/Omega 4-4 Split
Hey, Can I Keep Those Gray Market Goods Out of Here? The Unresolved Conflict Between §§ 109(a) and 602 of the Copyright Act Following the Supreme Court’s Deadlock in Costco v. Omega
Reading Time: 11 minutesFirst, my apologies to those who want a quick fix on this issue; I have miserably failed to shorten this piece. The conflict between §§ 109(a) and 602 of the Copyright…Continue reading Hey, Can I Keep Those Gray Market Goods Out of Here? The Unresolved Conflict Between §§ 109(a) and 602 of the Copyright Act Following the Supreme Court’s Deadlock in Costco v. Omega