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That first sale has to be legal for the subsequent resales to be legal. Plus we’re not talking about (domestic) resales here, the topic at hand is questionable
by oefrha 2y ago
That first sale has to be legal for the subsequent resales to be legal. Plus we’re not talking about (domestic) resales here, the topic at hand is questionable imports of products never intended for sale in the U.S. off Aliexpress.
- walterbell 2y agohttps://www.finnegan.com/en/insights/articles/u-s-supreme-court-holds-that-books-printed-and-sold-abroad-may.html https://www.finnegan.com/en/insights/articles/u-s-supreme-co... > U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Books Printed and Sold Abroad May Be Freely Resold in the U.S. Because the Copyrights Are Exhausted Under the First-Sale Doctrine
- oefrha 2y agoNow do sale of region-free DVD players in the U.S. In any case, it’s perfectly legal for me to make and sell a geo-locked device in another country, and it is the importer’s problem if fails to work elsewhere. That doesn’t tend to happen with physical books, obviously.
- walterbell 2y agoPost-sale disabling of inverter devices is different than lack of support. The Supreme Court case on textbooks arose from profits on textbook arbitrage. New device-related caselaw will depend on a plaintiff that makes enough from device arbitrage to fund a lawsuit.
- ImPostingOnHN 2y agoThe sale was legal in that neither the seller nor the buyer committed any criminal actions. It sounds like Sol-Ark would have preferred that Deye not sold the products, and may even be able to sue Deye, but nobody illegally acquired anything.