Can a person who buys copies of a copyright-protected work lawfully made and sold overseas sell those copies in the United States without the copyright owner’s permission? This question, arising under the “first sale” doctrine, has divided the lower courts. Last week the Supreme Court settled the question, with significant implications for individuals and entities
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Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Holocaust-Era Art Repatriation Case: Does it Matter?
By David S. Gold on
Posted in Art Law
On June 27, 2011, the Supreme Court denied the petition of Marei von Saher, daughter-in-law and only surviving heir of Dutch art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Von Saher v. Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena, 578 F.3d 1016 (9th Cir. 2003). That well-publicized case involved the…