Intellectual property rights exhaustion—Opposite viewpoints: United States/Europe: Silhouette International v. Hartlauer & Quality King Distributors v. L'anza Research International

Intellectual property rights exhaustion—Opposite viewpoints: United States/Europe: Silhouette International v. Hartlauer & Quality King Distributors v. L'anza Research International

This article considers two recent opinions, one of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the other of the Supreme Court of the United States. Both deal with the exhaustion of intellectual property rights, but the results and underlying reasoning clearly conflict. In this brief article, we a...

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Published in:Thunderbird international business review 2004-01, Vol.46 (1), p.85-92
Main Authors: Tancer, Robert S., Mosseri‐Marlio, Claude
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Beauty salons
Consent
Court decisions
Intellectual property
International trade
Prices
Supermarkets
Supreme Court decisions
Trademarks
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Summary:This article considers two recent opinions, one of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the other of the Supreme Court of the United States. Both deal with the exhaustion of intellectual property rights, but the results and underlying reasoning clearly conflict. In this brief article, we attempt to discuss these cases and suggest some reasons for the different results. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
ISSN:1096-4762
1520-6874