I'm not advocating the repeal of the First-sale doctrine. It's the abuse of the doctrine that is troublesome. The doctrine should protect non-commercial isola

I'm not advocating the repeal of the First-sale doctrine. It's the abuse of the doctrine that is troublesome. The doctrine should protect non-commercial isolated sales of goods by consumers. But when the sales transition into a larger scale business is when the problems only begin. Gray markets can be devastating in an economic capacity (revenue, profitability, brand equity, sales channels, consumer satisfaction, warranty costs, r&d) and in a social capacity (consumer safety, environmental costs, tax revenue, organized crime) Below is a very small sample of the negative impacts of gray markets: http://www.kpmg.com.hk/en/virtual_library/Information_Communications_Entertainment/The_grey_market0302.pdf http://www.kpmg.com.hk/en/virtual_library/Information_Commun... Osawa & Co. v. B&H Photo United States v. Hill Fagan v. AmerisourceBergen Gorp. Lynn v. Serono Inc.