ISSN (print) - 0131-7652

ISSN (online) - 2686-7605

Vol. 49 No. 1 (2019)
MONITORING OF ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION

Parallel imports in Russia: Areas for Protection, Risk, Development

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  • T. Radchenko,
  • A. Volkov,
  • K. Bannikova (Suhorukova)
T. Radchenko
Center for Competition and Economic Regulation Research of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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A. Volkov
Directorate for Competition Policy of the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation, National Research University Higher School of Economics
K. Bannikova (Suhorukova)
Department for Foreign Economic Activity of the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation Institute for Industrial and Market Studies of National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30680/ECO0131-7652-2019-1-153-167

Published 2019-01-08

Keywords

  • International exhaustion of rights,
  • investments,
  • localization,
  • trademarks,
  • branded products

How to Cite

1.
Radchenko Т, Volkov А, Bannikova (Suhorukova) К. Parallel imports in Russia: Areas for Protection, Risk, Development. ECO [Internet]. 2019 Jan. 8 [cited 2025 Apr. 12];49(1):153-67. Available from: https://ecotrends.ru/index.php/eco/article/view/1755

Abstract

In 2014 FAS of Russia proposed to introduce international exhaustion of trademarks rights regime in Russia (legalize parallel import of branded products) step by step for different product groups. Meanwhile FAS of Russia did not present criteria for selection of product groups for introduction of international exhaustion of rights at first. An objective of this study was to formulate criteria for selection of product categories for parallel imports legalization in the first place on the basis of existing experience of the assessment of parallel imports legalization effects and to identify these categories taking into consideration the analysis of the composition of “protected” trademarks (included in TROIS), international trade flows of branded goods and the volume of investments of the right holders in Russia. 
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