John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Respondent
Theodore B. Olson, Counsel of Record
John Wiley & Sons is a New York-based book publisher founded in 1807. It specializes in academic textbooks, as well as the For Dummies guides, Frommer’s travel books, CliffsNotes, and Webster’s New World Dictionary. It sells books both in the United States and in international markets, and it often prices the same book differently based on where it is being offered. When Wiley learned that Supap Kirtsaeng —a Thai student who attended Cornell University and the University of Southern California— was purchasing textbooks in Thailand, having them sent by family members to the United States, then selling them on the…
