Having bought my IP-protected goods in an overseas market, can a buyer re-import those goods and sell them in the domestic market? Can I stop him or her? How does this affect my export and pricing strategy?
While developing your export/import strategy, you should verify, preferably by consulting a qualified professional, whether a buyer could legally resell, in another country, goods of your enterprise that are IP protected, without having to seek your consent. In other words, you should find out whether your IP rights are ‘exhausted’ after the first international sale of the product.
