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Your chance to influence the future regime governing exhaustion of IP rights in the UK

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15 June 2021

The UK Government has launched a much-anticipated consultation on the exhaustion of IP rights. It is widely recognised that there will not be a consensus given the contentious nature of this subject, but the Government needs to make a decision on the future regime governing exhaustion. It is therefore calling for as many responses as possible to help in gauging the volume of parallel imports and the impact of any changes to the rules.

To learn more about the consultation process, read the full article here.

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Katharine Stephens

United Kingdom

I am co-head of the IP department in London and a member of the International IP Steering Group. I am fascinated by IP and the challenge of helping my clients protect, exploit and defend their IP rights to further their business objectives.

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