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Decision of federal appellate court is affirmed in copyright infringement action in
which appellate panel held that first-sale doctrine of 17 U.S.C. §109(a) provides
no defense to infringement action brought under Sections 106(3) and 602(a) that involves
foreign-made, “nonpiratical” copies of U.S.-copyrighted work, unless those same copies
have already been sold in United States with copyright owner's authority, and that
first-sale doctrine is therefore unavailable as defense in case in which plaintiff
made watches bearing copyrighted “Omega Globe Design” in Switzerland and sold them
to authorized overseas distributors, and defendant resold watches in California without
plaintiff's authorization.
COPYRIGHTS
[2] Rights in copyright; infringement — Right to distribute copies — First sale ►213.0903 [Show Topic Path]
Decision of federal appellate court is affirmed in copyright infringement action in
which appellate panel held that first-sale doctrine of 17 U.S.C. §109(a) provides
no defense to infringement action brought under Sections 106(3) and 602(a) that involves
foreign-made, “nonpiratical” copies of U.S.-copyrighted work, unless those same copies
have already been sold in United States with copyright owner's authority, and that
first-sale doctrine is therefore unavailable as defense in case in which plaintiff
made watches bearing copyrighted “Omega Globe Design” in Switzerland and sold them to authorized overseas distributors, and defendant
resold watches in California without plaintiff's authorization.
PER CURIAM.