Quality King Distributors, Inc. v. L'anza Research International, Inc.

Quality King Distributors, Inc. v. L'anza Research International, Inc.

"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.

The Supreme Court found that the copyright holder could not prevent re-importation of materials it had authorized.

ee also

* First-sale doctrine
* List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 523

External links

* [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=523&page=135 Full text opinion from Findlaw.com]


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