Legal Opinion
Pearson Education, Inc. v. Liu
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 25, 2009No. 1:08-cv-06152-RJHPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
RICHARD J. HOLWELL, District Judge:
Through this action, two U.S. copyright holders seek to prevent the importation and resale of copies of their works that have been lawfully manufactured and purchased outside the United States, a form of arbitrage sometimes referred to as “parallel importation” through the “grey market.” Defendants have moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that their activities are protected by the first-sale doctrine, the rule that the purchaser of a physical copy of a copyrighted work may give or sell that copy to someone else without…
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