Posts on ‘August 30th, 2010’

Eric Goldman (http://blog.ericgoldman.org), whom I respect a great deal, suggested I consider whether the “first sale” doctrine would apply to Ansel Adams’ alleged long lost negatives dispute. (See post of 8/27/2010 — http://www.jonathanpinkesq.com/ansel-adams-or-not-the-story-of-a-trademark-dispute.) I now have, and don’t believe it does.
While trademark law prohibits some uses of another’s trademark, that prohibition is not unlimited. [...]