The intellectual property
laws of the member countries in the EU are not synchronised, nor are any of these laws
fully reconciled with the requirements of the free movement of goods and services or with
the competition laws, and this has led to conflicts revolving around parallel importation.
The book explains the complexities of the law relating to parallel imports, with
particular emphasis on intellectual property. It also considers competition law, Community
integration and trade law.
Concise - provides a straightforward, practical guide to a complex area of law
Comprehensive - wide-ranging treatment of all dimensions of the subject, including cases
from Asia, Australia, North and South America
Up-to-date - includes the latest case law, including Davidoff/Levi Straus, Boehringer
Ingelheim v Swingward and Van Doran + O
Table of Contents
Introduction. Free movement and market integration. Pharmaceuticals, re-labeling,
repackaging and re-branding. Anticompetitive agreements. Abuses of dominant positions.
Royalty collecting societies and trade associations, automobile and film distribution.
Trade mark harmonization and the exhaustion of rights. Davidoff, consent and the burden of
proof. Copyrights, designs, patents, plants, seeds and semiconductors. Conclusion.
444 pages