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美国联邦最高法院案号:133 S.G.1351判决时间:2013年3月19日阅读提示本案的争议焦点为,首次销售原则是否适用于在国外合法生产的作品复制件?法院认为,对于在国外经合法生产的作品复制件进口至本国并销售的行为,并不构成对版权人发行权的侵害。该案是美国联邦最高法院对版权平行进口规则的正名。早在其2010年审理的Costco Wholesale Corp.v.Omega,S.A.案中,联邦最高法院竟然以四比四的分歧没有作出法律判决,使版权平行进口的问题遗留下来,从而导致联邦最高法院很快又在Kirtsaeng案中对于相同问题作出判决,即允许将在国外生产的合法作品复制件进口至国内并销售,因为版权人在第一次的销售中已经获益。
United States Supreme Court Case No .: 133 SG1351 Judgment Date: 19 March 2013 Read the Note The focus of the case is on whether the principle of first sale applies to copies of works legally produced abroad. The court held that for the lawful The production of copies of the work imported into the country and the sale, does not constitute a copyright rights violations. The case is the United States Supreme Court on the parallel importation of copyright rules. Earlier in its 2010 Costco Wholesale Corp.v.Omega, SA case, the Supreme Court unexpectedly failed to make a legal decision on a 4: 4 divorce, leaving the problem of parallel importation of copyright to the effect that the Federal Supreme Court would soon Again in the Kirtsaeng case, the same issue was ruled on allowing the importation of copies of legal works produced abroad to be sold and sold in the country as the copyright owner had already benefited from the first sale.