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SECOND PRIZE WINNER OF THE ANDREW P. VANCE MEMORIAL WRITING COMPETITION: Addressing the Grey Market - What the Supreme Court Should Have Done
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Moisant, Jay P. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Abstract | The Supreme Court of the United States recently decided a case which resolves the scope of the Copyright Act of 1976 (Copyright Act). The result of this decision affected an area of international trade known as grey market or parallel importing. Due to the Supreme Court decision, grey market imports are no longer prohibited in the United States. Coincidentally. the Court of Justice of the European Communities also recently decided a similar case which resulted in the opposite result. In the European Community, grey market imports are prohibited. If two such distinguished Courts can come to diametrically opposed decisions regarding the issue of grey market imports, one wonders if the reasoning involved in at least one of the Courts is sound. This Note will first define the grey market import and situations in which parallel importing can occur. Next, this Note will examine trademark and copyright laws and their |
| Starting Page | 3 |
| Ending Page | 3 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 25 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1585&context=bjil |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://citba.org/documents/1999Vance-SecondPrize-Moisant.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
