Book : Exhaustion of rights in patents and trademarks - a comparative study Author : Oday Hussein Tohme Release year : 2023 Specialization : intellectual property Publishing House : University Thought House profile : The exhaustion of intellectual property rights, especially in the context of patents and trademarks, is of great importance in promoting international trade and limiting practices that restrict competition, because it limits the potential negative effects resulting from the protection of intellectual property rights, which requires monitoring the experiences of countries in how to regulate the exhaustion of intellectual property rights. rights, and learning about legal developments and judicial precedents in light of the great international interest in applying international exhaustion as a quick way to obtain the necessary products at reasonable prices without fear of violating intellectual property rights, especially pharmaceutical products, especially with the spread of epidemic and chronic diseases that constituted a great economic burden on the economies Developing countries, in addition, the difficulty of using compulsory licensing due to the complex conditions and procedures that must be met to implement it, so the issue of the need to regulate the exhaustion of patent or trademark rights has become inevitable.Especially in light of the fact that adopting exhaustion will contribute to obtaining the necessary medicines and vaccines at the lowest prevailing prices in the world, which relieves pressure on the budgets of developing countries in general and on the consumer in particular. One of the practices that restrict competition, in order to benefit countries when regulating the exhaustion of rights in intellectual property laws in a proper manner that takes into accou
