This paper covers parts of Asia with very significant recent developments in intellectual property (IP) law. IP reform in the region was initially driven by the concerns of industrialised countries about the lack of IP protection in Asian ‘miracle' economies. More recently, it has become an...

In intellectual property law, “exhaustion” refers to the extinction of the entitlement to prevent the further sale of a product once the product has been put on the market. Developing such a limitation becomes necessary in order to reconcile the exclusivity granted under intellectual...