Can I get in trouble with trademark laws for reselling authentic luxury items on Facebook Marketplace that were given to us as gifts?
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Can I get in trouble with trademark laws for reselling authentic luxury items on Facebook Marketplace that were given to us as gifts?
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United States trademark law resale authentic genuine goods first sale doctrine gifts Facebook Marketplace trademark liability counterfeit material differencesGoogle ↗
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United States trademark law resale authentic genuine goods first sale doctrine gifts Facebook Marketplace trademark liability counterfeit material differences Google ↗
- 15.27 Defenses—First Sale · www3.ce9.uscourts.gov
- Dealing with Unauthorized Online Dealers: Sales of Genuine Products · americanbar.org
- 263 F.3d 1297 · law.resource.org
- First Sale Doctrine: Resale of Trademarked Goods · ca.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com
- subsequent sales by downstream purchasers. Specifically, the “genuine” nature of the goods will preclude confusion as to their source. See generally Davidoff & CIE, S.A. v. PLD Int’l Corp., 263 F.3d 1297, 1301 (11th Cir. 2001) (“The resale of genuine trademarked goods generally does not constitute infringement… Therefore, even though a subsequent sale is without a trademark owner’s consent, the resale of a genuine good does not violate the [Lanham] Act.”). The protection afforded by the “first s · ca11.uscourts.gov
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