@article{13393,
      note = {Titelp. vermeldt tevens: Max Planck Institute for Foreign  and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law.},
      author = {Heath, Christopher, and Health, Christopher.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/13393},
      title = {Parallel imports in Asia /},
      abstract = {In the absence of international rules governing parallel  imports and exhaustion of intellectual property rights,  issues arising in this context are left to the individual  countries concerned. Asian countries, although generally  more open towards parallel imports than Europe or the U.S.,  show marked differences both among their individual  approaches and among the various intellectual property  rights in question. Increasingly, permitting or blocking  parallel imports of intellectually protected goods is  regarded as a political decision to accommodate foreign  pressure, domestic consumers, or right holders. Due to the  diversity of legal regimes in the jurisdictions covered,  reliable information on the regimes of parallel imports in  Asia has been hard to come by. Now, "Parallel Imports in  Asia" brings together the insight and experience of  fourteen academics and practitioners in this specialized  but highly significant field. Two concise introductory  chapters clearly present the economic and legal foundations  of the subject matter, then, thirteen chapters offer  in-depth analysis of exhaustion of intellectual property  rights and parallel imports for each of twelve Asian  jurisdictions and the Australasian bloc. All country  reports are written in a uniform structure and take into  account legal, political and economic considerations with  respect to the parallel importation of patented,  trademarked and copyrighted goods. A useful appendix  provides a synoptical overview on the rules of parallel  importation in Asia.},
      recid = {13393},
      pages = {xiii, 219 pages ;},
}