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Intellectual Property Bulletin - Winter 2015

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Copyrighting Player-Generated Content in Video Games - Last year, consumers spent more than $21 billion on the video game industry. The Entertainment Software Association reports that almost 60% of Americans—roughly...more

McDermott Will & Emery

First Sale and Copyright Misuse Doctrines Available to Extinguish Rights to Products Purchased in Gray Market - Omega S.A. v....

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In a short majority opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit concluded that once a copyright claimant conceded that it authorized a first sale of the watches in a foreign jurisdiction, the first sale doctrine...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &...

Ninth Circuit (Mostly) Skirts the Issue of Copyright Misuse in Most Recent Omega v. Costco Decision

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Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, as the saying goes. However, things are not always as they appear, and sometimes events unfold in ways you would not anticipate. Such is the case with the Ninth Circuit decision in the...more

Mintz - Trademark & Copyright Viewpoints

The U.S. Supreme Court Grants Cert to Decide Scope of First Sale Doctrine

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The U.S. Supreme Court has granted cert in order to decide an issue of great importance to all businesses involved in manufacturing and distributing products throughout the world, particularly those involved in retailing and...more

Snell & Wilmer

Parallel Imports and the First Sale Doctrine

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Reprinted and/or posted with the permission of Daily Journal Corp. (2011). Under the “first sale” or “exhaustion” doctrine in intellectual property law, a lawful purchaser of a copyrighted, patented or trademarked...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Supreme Court Affirms Omega, S.A. v. Costco Wholesale Corp., Limiting The Use Of The First Sale Doctrine To Domestically Made...

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On December 13, 2010, the Supreme Court affirmed Omega, S.A. v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 541 F.3d 982 (9th Cir. 2008), aff'd per curiam, No. 08-1423 (U.S. Dec. 13, 2010). Justice Kagan did not partake in the consideration or...more

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