Trademark parallel imports:Negative influences and countermeasures to be taken by China

Trademark parallel imports,an international trading matter related with intellectual property,is involved with a series of issues such as protection of intellectual property,trading of intellectual property,international sale of goods,and anti unfair competition.After China's entrance into WTO,the problem of trademark parallel imports has become all the more outstanding.Starting with an introduction to the general theory of trademark parallel imports,this paper makes an analysis of its characteristic features,the economic causes for its existence,and a series of negative influences it might bring about.Also,countermeasures to be taken by China are proposed.