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A manifestation of the philosophical divide between those who support various intellectual property and those who are critical of it, is the divide over the legitimacy of parallel importation. Some believe that it benefits consumers by lowering prices and widening the selection and consumption of products available in the market. It may even benefit manufacturers when products must be ordered before demand is known and their value is sensitive to seasons (toys, apparel). Others believe that it discourages intellectual property owners from investing in new and innovative products, that parallel imports tend to facilitate copyright infringement and to discourage investments such as in advertising and in after-sales services by retailers and other intermediaries.

Sources: Parallel imports, in R.S. Rajan and K.A. Reinert (eds.), The Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy, Princeton University Press, 2009.

Raff, Horst and Nicolas Schmitt, `Why Parallel Imports May Raise Producers' Profits', Journal of International Economics 71, 434-47, 2007.

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• Reference : Horst Raff & Nicolas Schmitt, 2005. "Why Parallel Trade may Raise Producers Profits," CESifo Working Paper Series 1503, CESifo Group Munich.

ExpertIdeasBot (talk) 17:01, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

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In New Zealand, the term "parallel importing" includes importing with the holder of the intellectual property rights' permission, and is not illegal. For instance, a foreign supplier can import to two different resellers directly. The two resellers compete in the same marketplace. The term also includes the situation where a reseller can source goods from the agent that the exporter has chosen to represent the goods in New Zealand, or the reseller can choose to import the goods from another agent in another country. I think the reference in the article to link parallel importing with contravention of intellectual property rights is incorrect, or needs to be differentiated with regard to New Zealand. In New Zealand the matter of an official distributor is a commercial one, and although it has its pluses and minuses, is not a legal matter. Tracetech (talk) 21:56, 8 November 2011 (UTC)