AFTA Warns Higher Prices for US Consumers.(if Congress reverses Supreme Court ruling in L'Anza v. Quality King Distributors)

Drug & Cosmetic Industry, September, 1998

00-00-0000 A move in Congress to reverse the recent United States Supreme Court decision in L'Anza v. Quality King Distributors will reportedly mean higher prices for discount retailers who will no longer be able to pass on savings to consumers, according to Lee Sandler, general counsel for the American Free Trade Associations (AFTA).

An amendment to a bill passed by the US House of Representatives, would revise the " first sale doctrine" and reverse the Supreme Court's ruling in L'Anza v. Quality King Distributors regarding parallel market discount goods. In its March 1998 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that American manufacturers can not use the copyright laws to block the domestic sale of products they originally sold at a discount overseas. The ...

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