ARE Patent Law Alert:
Disappointingly: The Supreme Court Does Not Decide Whether Foreign Sale Exhausts Copyrights

(December 14, 2010) Based on a 4-4 split vote, the Supreme Court has affirmed without any opinion in Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega, S.A., Docket No. 08-1423 (2010). The issue which was placed before the Court was whether an authorized foreign sale of a product exhausted applicable U.S. copyrights. This affirmance without opinion leaves the […]

ARE Patent Law Alert: Disappointingly: The Supreme Court Does Not Decide Whether Foreign Sale Exhausts Copyrights

(December 14, 2010) Based on a 4-4 split vote, the Supreme Court has affirmed without any opinion in Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega, S.A., Docket No. 08-1423 (2010). The issue which was placed before the Court was whether an authorized foreign sale of a product exhausted applicable U.S. copyrights. This affirmance without opinion leaves the […]