Comparative Research On Parallel Imports And Exhaustion Of Copyright In Switzerland And United States Of America

By force of the comparative research on parallel imports of copyright products and exhaustion of copyright of Switzerland and the United States of America. This paper gives a deep analysis on the principles of exhaustion and parallel importation, from the point of view of law theories and provisions. This research sum up the judicial rules in Switzerland and United States, which were established in the case study on substantial leading cases. As a special research, this paper analyses the customs administrative practice and the new development of the United States. Some current customs administrative criteria were abstracted. Furthermore, this paper also extends its research to the EFTA and NAFTA, find that no uniform rules were established by both regional agreements, Switzerland and the United States can adopt anyone exhaustion of right doctrine by themselves. This Research is important not only for theory, but also for practice. It can supply references to constitute our parallel importing policy of copyright. Since Switzerland and the United States of America are the vital partners of copyright trade, the significance of this research is to provide a directory to the export enterprises to set out their marketing strategies.