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Upholding the first sale doctrine

Upholding the first sale doctrine

Posted Mar 22, 2013 8:48 UTC (Fri) by lacos (subscriber, #70616)
In reply to: Upholding the first sale doctrine by dlang
Parent article: Upholding the first sale doctrine

It wouldn't prevent them (or a 3rd party merchant) from reimporting and reselling more cheaply. Perhaps the subsidized pharmaceuticals should only be sold to patients ("end users") in the target country, but that's again a trade barrier, only not between countries.


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