With the assistance of the public interest litigators at Public Citizen, Vernor filed suit in Seattle against Autodesk asking the court to clarify his right to resell the AutoCAD software packages. ![]() Vernor with a copyright lawsuit, claiming that its software is only "licensed," and never sold. Timothy Vernor is an online software reseller who tried to auction four packages of Autodesk's AutoCAD software on eBay. ![]() ![]() This case tests whether the " first sale doctrine" in copyright law - which makes it legal to resell, lend, or give away books, CDs, DVDs, and software that you own - will survive in the digital age of "licensed" content.
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