<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The article intends to analyze the closely correlated concepts of trademark exhaustion and parallel imports. The growing importance of these concepts in the current world, especially in the European Union, makes it an interesting research topic, even though the concepts are complicated due to their nature and different actors involved. The authors use comparative approach, concentrating on two world leaders in the field, in order to discover what is the approach of the EU as well as the approach of the USA to the concepts of trademark exhaustion and parallel imports, what are the benefits and weaknesses of these approaches, and analyze why these markets have arrived at certain conclusions.</p></abstract>

The article intends to analyze the closely correlated concepts of trademark exhaustion and parallel imports. The growing importance of these concepts in the current world, especially in the European Union, makes it an interesting research topic, even though the concepts are complicated due to their nature and different actors involved. The authors use comparative approach, concentrating on two world leaders in the field, in order to discover what is the approach of the EU as well as the approach of the USA to the concepts of trademark exhaustion and parallel imports, what are the benefits and weaknesses of these approaches, and analyze why these markets have arrived at certain conclusions.

The Concepts of Trademark Exhaustion and Parallel Imports: A Comparative Analysis between the EU and the USA

University Bildstensvägen 4H-2, Lund 226 54,

Tallinn Law School, Tallinn University of Technology Akadeemia tee 3, Tallinn 12618,

TalTech Journal of European Studies

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The article intends to analyze the closely correlated concepts of trademark exhaustion and parallel imports. The growing importance of these concepts in the...

The Concepts of Trademark Exhaustion and Parallel Imports: A Comparative Analysis between the EU and the USA

Published Online: Oct 20, 2016

Page range: 28 - 57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2016-0011

Keywords
EU Law, European Union, parallel imports, trademark exhaustion, USA

© by Samuel Dobrin

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Concepts of Trademark Exhaustion and Parallel Imports: A Comparative Analysis between the EU and the USA

Published Online: Oct 20, 2016

Page range: 28 - 57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2016-0011

KeywordsEU Law, European Union, parallel imports, trademark exhaustion, USA

© by Samuel Dobrin

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
EU Law, European Union, parallel imports, trademark exhaustion, USA