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Stothers, Christopher M. --- "The European internal market: exhaustion plus" [2016] ELECD 845; in Calboli, Irene; Lee, Edward (eds), "Research Handbook on Intellectual Property Exhaustion and Parallel Imports" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016) 169

Book Title: Research Handbook on Intellectual Property Exhaustion and Parallel Imports

Editor(s): Calboli, Irene; Lee, Edward

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783478705

Section: Chapter 9

Section Title: The European internal market: exhaustion plus

Author(s): Stothers, Christopher M.

Number of pages: 16

Abstract/Description:

This chapter considers the extent to which the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) provide for intellectual property exhaustion principles going beyond those typically found in national laws. Following the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects to Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of the World Trade Organization (WTO),1 the term “TRIPS-plus” became commonly used to describe and propose international agreements providing for intellectual property protection beyond the TRIPS minimum requirements and was particularly adopted by those opposed to such extension.2