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Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley and Sons: Jet Lag and the First Sale Doctrine
The Supreme Court recently handed down its decision in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, a copyright exhaustion case concerning the sale of “gray-market” works published outside the United States and imported for sale. In a surprisingly decisive 6-3 decision, … Continue reading
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John Wiley and Sons v. Kirtsaeng: Textbooks, Copyright, and Universal Exhaustion
On the eve of the arrival of Superstorm Sandy, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in John Wiley and Sons v. Kirtsaeng, a case involving the international reach of the First Sale Doctrine. The impending storm … Continue reading
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