MEPs go soft on exhaustion of trademark rights

The European Parliament asked the Commission to prepare a study on the implications of a change in the exhaustion of the trademark rights regime. A change from the current regime of EU-wide exhaustion of trademark rights to a system of international exhaustion of such rights would open the possibility of "parallel imports" from third countries.

The European Parliament asked the Commission to prepare a study on the implications of a change in the exhaustion of the trademark rights regime. A change from the current regime of EU-wide exhaustion of trademark rights to a system of international exhaustion of such rights would open the possibility of „parallel imports“ from third countries.