ARE Patent Law Alert:
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Foreign Sale Exhuasts Copyrights

(April 23, 2010) On April 20, 2010 the Supreme Court announced that it has accepted certiorari in Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega, S.A., Docket No. 08-1423 (2010) to determine whether an authorized foreign sale of a product exhausted applicable U.S. copyrights. In Costco, Omega, a watch manufacturer, filed suit against Costco, a retailer, alleging that […]

ARE Patent Law Alert: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Foreign Sale Exhuasts Copyrights

(April 23, 2010) On April 20, 2010 the Supreme Court announced that it has accepted certiorari in Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega, S.A., Docket No. 08-1423 (2010) to determine whether an authorized foreign sale of a product exhausted applicable U.S. copyrights. In Costco, Omega, a watch manufacturer, filed suit against Costco, a retailer, alleging that […]