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1998 United States Supreme Court case

Quality King Distributors, Inc. v. L'anza Research International, Inc., 523 U.S. 135 (1998), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court over whether a copyright holder could restrict redistribution of material containing copyrighted content (authorized by the copyright holder) which is imported into the United States as so-called "grey market " goods.

Opinion of the Court

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The Supreme Court found that the copyright holder could not prevent re-importation of the products it had authorized for export from the United States.

This case did not address the importation of products made outside the United States under authority of the copyright holder. The Court addressed that issue in _Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. _, 568 U.S. 519 (2013), holding that those sales were also qualifying "first sales", and that copyright holders could not restrict trafficking of those works after those sales.

See also

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• First-sale doctrine

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 523

• List of United States Supreme Court cases

• Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume

External links

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• Text of Quality King Distributors Inc. v. L'anza Research International Inc., 523 U.S. 135 (1998) is available from: CourtListener Findlaw Internet Archive (docket files) Justia Library of Congress

U.S. Supreme Court Article I case law

Commerce Clause of Section VIII

Coinage Clause of Section VIII

Copyright Clause of Section VIII

Contract Clause of Section X

Copyright law of the United States

• 17 U.S.C.

• Copyright Clause

• United States Copyright Office

  • _Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices _

  • CARP  → CRB

  • Copyright Catalog

  • Register of Copyrights

  • Section 108 Study Group

• Copyright status of works by the federal government

• by subnational governments

• Public domain

Statutes

Precedents
and rulings

• Berne Convention

• Uruguay Round

• Don't Copy That Floppy

• Home Recording Rights Coalition

• _Nimmer on Copyright _

• "You Wouldn't Steal a Car "

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