# First Sale Upheld in Court - Only for US bought goods

**URL:** <https://pheromonetalk.com/t/first-sale-upheld-in-court-only-for-us-bought-goods/43981>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [December 15, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/first-sale-upheld-in-court-only-for-us-bought-goods/43981 "2010-12-15T21:23:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/first-sale-upheld-in-court-only-for-us-bought-goods/43981/1 "2010-12-15T21:23:53Z")

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[Supreme Court Rebuffs Costco In Copyright Challenge - Daniel Fisher - Full Disclosure - Forbes](http://blogs.forbes.com/danielfisher/2010/12/13/supreme-court-rebuffs-costco-in-copyright-challenge/)

The implications are very interesting!

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**Author:** ![Mtnjim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mtnjim/32/2010_2.png) [@Mtnjim](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Mtnjim)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/first-sale-upheld-in-court-only-for-us-bought-goods/43981/2 "2010-12-15T21:53:51Z")

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Welcome to the United States of _Corporate_ America!!☹

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> …and that government of Business, by Business, for Business, shall not perish from the earth.

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**Author:** ![chads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@chads](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/chads)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/first-sale-upheld-in-court-only-for-us-bought-goods/43981/3 "2010-12-16T13:46:40Z")

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> [@Mtnjim](#):
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> Welcome to the United States of _Corporate_ America!!☹

I’m not sure what you mean, didn’t the Swiss company win?

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**Author:** ![Mtnjim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mtnjim/32/2010_2.png) [@Mtnjim](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Mtnjim)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/first-sale-upheld-in-court-only-for-us-bought-goods/43981/4 "2010-12-16T17:38:21Z")

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> [@chads](#):
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> I’m not sure what you mean, didn’t the Swiss company win?

Yup

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> …in this case, Swiss watchmaker Omega — to use copyright laws to prevent U.S. retailers from selling goods they obtained overseas. … Omega sued Costco for selling its watches for prices below suggested retail,…

Which means you can’t get a discount. The “non decision” means companies can restrict sales to excessive prices and are protected.😮

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**Author:** ![chads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@chads](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/chads)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/first-sale-upheld-in-court-only-for-us-bought-goods/43981/5 "2010-12-17T14:10:11Z")

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I figured you for a guy against cheaper imports. I think it is good for entrepreneurs to have strengthened intellectual property rights. Inventors and other intellectual property can have some leverage against big companies stealing their property.