[slowing13]

I have a hard time understanding how TJ or lawyers can pretend there is a case here. Companies cannnot dictate what is legal or not. If you cannot resell a good that you legally buy, then you kill commerce. And Craigslist can shut down. Do i need an authorization from manufacturers for my yard sale? Wondering why it even went to the Supreme Court...

[_delirium]

They're alleging a trademark violation in his use of the name "Pirate Joe's" to sell Trader Joe's products, not that reselling them is itself illegal.

The case that went to the Supreme Court is unrelated to either Trader Joe's or this guy; the article is just juxtaposing it because it was also a case about international resale. But it was about someone importing international editions of textbooks for resale in the U.S., and the main arguments in the case turned on interpretation of a totally different area of law, copyright (so it's not really all that relevant here).

[tim333]

I agree but Levis did win a case stopping Tesco selling their jeans in the UK. Not under UK law but the stupid European Court of Justice sided with them.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1261829.stm