After a nearly two-year absence, former solicitor general Theodore Olson returns to the Supreme Court lectern Oct. 29 to argue in a closely watched copyright case.
Olson, co-chair of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s appellate and constitutional law group, will argue on behalf of the copyright holder in the case of Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons. Wiley sued Supap Kirtsaeng for selling foreign-made copies of Wiley’s textbooks into the United States without authorization. At issue is whether the “first-sale” doctrine, which allows people to sell legally purchased works to others, applies to goods manufactured abroad. Olson’s last argument before the high court was Nov. 30, 2010 in the ERISA case of Cigna v. Amara.
