Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 29, 2012; Decided March 19, 2013
Full case name	Supap Kirtsaeng, dba Bluechristine99, Petitioner v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Docket no.	11-697
Citations	568 U.S. 519 (more) 133 S. Ct. 1351; 185 L. Ed. 2d 392; 2013 U.S. LEXIS 2371; 106 U.S.P.Q.2d 1001; 2013 ILRC 1487; 35 ILRD 648; 35 ITRD 1049; 41 Med. L. Rptr. 1441; 81 U.S.L.W. 4167
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Case history
Prior	Defendant prohibited from raising argument, No. 1:08-cv-07834, 2009 WL 3364037 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 19, 2009) and held liable, unreported (2010); affirmed. 654 F.3d 210 (2d Cir. 2011); cert. granted, 566 U.S. 936 (2012).
Subsequent	Remanded, 713 F.3d 1142 (2d Cir. 2013); motion for attorneys' fees denied, 109 U.S.P.Q.2d 1242 (S.D.N.Y. 2013); affirmed, 605 F. App'x 48 (2d Cir. 2015); cert. granted, 136 S. Ct. 890 (2016); vacated and remanded, 136 S. Ct. 1979 (2016); remanded, 653 F. App'x 82 (2d Cir. 2016); motion for attorneys' fees denied, 121 U.S.P.Q.2d 1457 (S.D.N.Y. 2016).
Holding
	The first-sale doctrine applies to copies of a copyrighted work lawfully made abroad. Reversed and remanded.
Court membership
	Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy; Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito; Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority	Breyer, joined by Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan
Concurrence	Kagan, joined by Alito
Dissent	Ginsburg, joined by Kennedy; Scalia (except Parts III and V–B–1)
Laws applied
	Copyright Act of 1976

Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 568 U.S. 519 (2013), is a United States Supreme Court copyright decision in which the Court held, 6–3, that the first-sale doctrine applies to copies of copyrighted works lawfully made abroad.[1]

Quick facts: Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Arg... ▼

Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

2013 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:

Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 29, 2012 Decided March 19, 2013
Full case name	Supap Kirtsaeng, dba Bluechristine99, Petitioner v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Docket no.	11-697
Citations	568 U.S. 519 (more) 133 S. Ct. 1351; 185 L. Ed. 2d 392; 2013 U.S. LEXIS 2371; 106 U.S.P.Q.2d 1001; 2013 ILRC 1487; 35 ILRD 648; 35 ITRD 1049; 41 Med. L. Rptr. 1441; 81 U.S.L.W. 4167
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Case history
Prior	Defendant prohibited from raising argument, No. 1:08-cv-07834, 2009 WL 3364037 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 19, 2009) and held liable, unreported (2010); affirmed. 654 F.3d 210 (2d Cir. 2011); cert. granted, 566 U.S. 936 (2012).
Subsequent	Remanded, 713 F.3d 1142 (2d Cir. 2013); motion for attorneys' fees denied, 109 U.S.P.Q.2d 1242 (S.D.N.Y. 2013); affirmed, 605 F. App'x 48 (2d Cir. 2015); cert. granted, 136 S. Ct. 890 (2016); vacated and remanded, 136 S. Ct. 1979 (2016); remanded, 653 F. App'x 82 (2d Cir. 2016); motion for attorneys' fees denied, 121 U.S.P.Q.2d 1457 (S.D.N.Y. 2016).
Holding
The first-sale doctrine applies to copies of a copyrighted work lawfully made abroad. Reversed and remanded.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority	Breyer, joined by Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan
Concurrence	Kagan, joined by Alito
Dissent	Ginsburg, joined by Kennedy; Scalia (except Parts III and V–B–1)
Laws applied
Copyright Act of 1976