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The Case for a Legislative Amendment against Accessory Copyright for Grey Market Products: What Can the U.S. Learn from Singapore and Australia
Singapore Journal of Legal Studies
  • Irene Calboli
  • Mary LaFrance
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2013
ISSN
0218-2173
Abstract

In this article, we suggest that the U.S. Congress could implement a legislative provision prohibiting copyright protection for incidental product features in the context of parallel imports. The U.S. would not be the first country to implement such a provision. In 1994, Singapore pioneered the adoption of a similar provision, which was introduced as an amendment to the SG 1987 Copyright Act. A few years later, in 1998, Australia incorporated a similar amendment to its Aust. Copyright Act 1968. In this article, we analyse in detail the Singapore and Australia provisions and, building upon these provisions, we suggest a specific amendment that the U.S. Congress could introduce into the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976.

Publisher
National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
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Citation Information
Irene Calboli and Mary LaFrance. "The Case for a Legislative Amendment against Accessory Copyright for Grey Market Products: What Can the U.S. Learn from Singapore and Australia" Singapore Journal of Legal Studies Vol. 2013 Iss. 2 (2013) p. 253 - 277
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/irene_calboli/27/