Vertical price control and parallel imports theory and evidence

Parallel imports are genuine products brought into a country without the authorization of the copyright, patent, or trademark owner. Countries vary considerably in their legal treatment of parallel imports, as determined by their choice of exhaustion doctrine. A new model analyzes parallel imports a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maskus, Keith Eugene
Corporate Author: World Bank Development Research Group
Other Authors: Chen, Yongmin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC World Bank, Development Research Group, Trade 2000
Series:Policy research working paper
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Parallel imports are genuine products brought into a country without the authorization of the copyright, patent, or trademark owner. Countries vary considerably in their legal treatment of parallel imports, as determined by their choice of exhaustion doctrine. A new model analyzes parallel imports as a response to vertical pricing arrangements between a rights holder ("manufacturer") and a foreign distributor
Item Description:"October 2000"--Cover. - Title from title screen as viewed on Oct. 05, 2002