Gray-market goods, also known as parallel imports, are genuine products imported into the United States without the consent of the US trademark owner, often bypassing authorized distribution channels.

Russia on Wednesday said it will allow imports of goods without trademark owners’ permission following the imposition of punishing economic sanctions on the country – and the withdrawal of many ...

The UK Supreme Court’s decision in R v C that there is criminal liability for dealing in grey goods which the trade mark owner has not authorised for sale has been hailed as great news for brand ...

Owen Dean analyzes the South African law on parallel imports for trade mark and copyright-protected goods in the light of divergent court rulings It has often been said that competition is the life ...

the goods. The court noted that the plaintiff's trademark rights had been violated and the order was necessary to find the source of the infringement. Register for free to receive our newsletter, view ...

The main consideration in the above scenario is the nature of the ‘grey’ goods being dealt in. The incorrect labelling of goods of the kind mentioned above, or the omission of critical information on ...

infringement had not occurred on the facts in the case at hand as the trademark owner had not shown that all or substantially all of its trademarked goods actually benefited from the claimed services.

Completely stopping the flow of fake or illegally obtained high-tech products may not be possible. But Cisco’s Ram Manchi, through his work at AGMA, is doing what he can to slow it down. Collaboration ...