ECONOMICS TODAY: THE MACRO VIEW >CUSTOM
ECONOMICS TODAY: THE MACRO VIEW >CUSTOM
19th Edition
ISBN: 9781323850831
Author: Miller
Publisher: PEARSON C
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Why does new industry firms that developed novel products often ask their governments to enact policies aimed at restraining parallel imports?

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Intellectual property rights are the rights given to persons over the creations of their minds. They usually give the creator an exclusive right over the use of his/her creation for a certain period of time. This primarily encompasses copyrights, patents, and trademarks. It also includes other types of rights, such as trade secrets, publicity rights, moral rights, and rights against unfair competition. Where as a parallel import is a non-counterfeit product imported from another country without the permission of the intellectual property owner. Parallel imports are often referred to as grey product and are implicated in issues of international trade, and intellectual property.

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