Gray goods, or parallel imports of genuine goods, refer to a fact pattern in which someone other that the designated exclusive United States importer buys genuine trademarked goods outside the United States and imports them for sale into the United States in competition with the exclusive United States importer.[4] While the terms, "gray goods" and "parallel imports," are often used interchangeably, opponents of parallel imports prefer to refer… [read post]

Gray, 2007 U.S. [read post]