No, it's not the same thing. First Sale Doctrine is designed to protect the resale of products for consumers, not retailers or corporations. This guy is a book seller - a retailer of books - not a consumer of books. There is a big difference there, and no, corporations are not people, nor are they consumers in the since that people are.
And it was a large corporation who claimed the rights, and and individual/small business who used the "trademarked" word, how do you think this would have turned out?
Not that I don't agree with the outcome here... Just asking.
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No, it's not the same thing. First Sale Doctrine is designed to protect the resale of products for consumers, not retailers or corporations. This guy is a book seller - a retailer of books - not a consumer of books. There is a big difference there, and no, corporations are not people, nor are they consumers in the since that people are.
If the roles were reversed...
And it was a large corporation who claimed the rights, and and individual/small business who used the "trademarked" word, how do you think this would have turned out?
Not that I don't agree with the outcome here... Just asking.