Trademark Exhaustion in the European Union: Community-Wide or International? The Saga Continues

• Main Author: CALBOLI, Irene
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2002
• Subjects: Intellectual property; trademark; trademark rights; first sale rule; Intellectual Property Law; International Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1939; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3891/viewcontent/Trademark_Exhaustion_in_the_European_Union_Community_Wide_or_International___The_Saga_Continues__6_Marq._Intell._Prop._L._Rev._47__2002_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This Article analyzes the principle of "trademark exhaustion" or "first-sale rule" in the European Union (EU), with particular attention to the language and different interpretations of Article 7(1) of the First Council Directive 89 104 EEC of December 21, 1988. Traditionally, mo...