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  Draft Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 - Ability of Rights Holders to Control Distribution and Resale of Products 
  
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  @ MP voted aye to continue, following the UK's withdrawal from the EU, to prevent the holders of intellectual property rights relating to a product from being able to control the distribution and resale of that product if it has been placed on the market anywhere in the UK or the European Economic Area.
  @ MP voted no not to continue, following the UK's withdrawal from the EU, to prevent the holders of intellectual property rights relating to a product from being able to control the distribution and resale of that product if it has been placed on the market anywhere in the UK or the European Economic Area.
  
  The majority of MPs voted to continue, following the UK's withdrawal from the EU,   to prevent the holders of intellectual property rights relating to a product from being able to control the distribution and resale of that product if it has been placed on the market anywhere in the UK or the European Economic Area. 
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111175255 draft Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018], which were laid before this House on 27 November 2018, be approved.
  
  The regulations change references to the European Economic Area to the United Kingdom - European Economic Area area. 
  
  *[1] [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111175255/pdfs/ukdsiem_9780111175255_en.pdf Draft explanatory memorandum to the draft Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
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