From: Iris Brest <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:31:24 -0700

See also a discussion by Mary T. Huser, David B. Salmons and Raechel
Keay Anglin of Bingham McCutchen:

http://www.bingham.com/Alerts/2012/10/SC-Considers-Whether-First-Sale-Doctrine-In-Copyright-Law-Applies-to-Copies-Legally-Acquired-Abroad

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From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:42:00 -0400

Kirtsaeng all the way to the Supreme Court - this is "huge."

1.  For an excellent overview of this important case, by Jennifer Howard,
Chronicle of Higher Education, see:

http://chronicle.com/article/Supreme-Court-Appears-Divided/135478/

"The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday morning in a key
copyright-infringement case, with justices asking pointed questions about
the resale and reuse of protected works. Many of the questions homed in on
possible consequences for individual buyers as well as libraries and other
institutions, but did not suggest which way the court was leaning.

"The outcome of the lawsuit, Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons (No.
11-697), has significant implications for publishers, academic libraries,
and almost anyone who resells, lends, or displays copyrighted material
made and bought outside the United States. The case centers on a dispute
over textbooks produced by Wiley for foreign markets but imported to the
United States and resold without the publisher's permission."

2.  For documents and extensive links, see InfoDocket"

http://www.infodocket.com/2012/10/30/u-s-supreme-court-oral-arguments-kirt
saeng-v-john-wiley-sons-inc-text-transcript/