Trade marks and free trade : a global analysis

1. Parallel imports of trademarked goods: a general approach; 2. Introduction to part II; 3. Exhaustion of trademark rights and legality of parallel imports under the TRIPs agreement; 4. Exhaustion of trademark rights and legality of parallel imports under the GATT 1994; 5. Conclusion to part II; 6. Introduction to part III; 7.The question of the legality of parallel imports of trademarked goods under primary community (Now EU) law; 8. The doctrine of exhaustion of trademark rights in European Union law and the national legislation of EU member States; 9. The elements of articles 7 (1) of directive 2008/95/EC and 13 (1) of regulation (EC) 207/2009; 10. Legitimate reasons for excluding the application of the principle of EU-wide exhaustion of trademark rights: the provisions of article 7 (2) of directive 2008/95/EC and article 13 (2) of regulation (EC) 207/2009)EC; 11. Conclusion to part III; 12. Introduction to part IV; 13. Exhaustion of trademark rights and legality of parallel imports in the ten most important trading partners of the EU; 14. Conclusion to part V; 15. Final remarks.