The term ‘parallel import’ is a new concept in economics literature. However, in international business literature and law, parallel importing has been much discussed since the mid-1980s. The thorny ...

SHANGHAI — From the latest designer fashion to the most cutting-edge high-tech products, China's increasingly open market has brought the world's best goods to it doorstep. Through the ...

Parallel importation of trademarks has always been a hot and thorny issue in the fields of IP and the international trade and is hotly debated internationally. Because occurrences of parallel ...

The realm of intellectual property, particularly in the context of parallel imports, is a labyrinth of legal intricacies. This article endeavours to demystify the contentious issue of trademark ...

On the face of it, the London Agreement, which came into force on May 1, 2008, is a good thing for European patent holders. It relaxes the translation requirements in some European countries, thus ...

Parallel importation can be a headache for trade mark owners, but India’s legislation adequately protects against it, say lawyers from Singh & Associates, New Delhi Parallel imports involve ...

Long before the pandemic shut down Hong Kong’s vibrant retail sector, traders from China crossed the border to purchase everything from cosmetics to cars tax-free for profitable reselling upon ...

Parallel imports in Russia were once subject to the same treatment as counterfeit goods – but the golden age is over, as a compromise has been struck with regard to the national exhaustion of rights.

Adolfo Athié and Eduardo Kleinberg of Basham Ringe & Correa explain the concept of exhaustion, and examines how it applies to patent, trade mark and copyright assets in Mexico Exhaustion of rights in ...

In the intricate web of today’s global economy, a burning issue demands our immediate attention, which is the challenge of parallel imports, often referred to as ‘grey goods.’ As the Head of Mobile ...