pinealley

The story is i want to import a brand of tennis ball directly from Philippine, i do some search and found some company claim they are the importer and distributor, is that mean i cann't import and sell within OZ otherwise i will get trouble?

AFashionableLife

First, ask the company that makes / owns the I.P for the tennis ball, if they have an exclusive agreement with that company.
If they do, you will need to look at grey importing.
If they do not, there is nothing stopping you from importing and selling the product.

Cheers,

Jamie

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Afashonablelife is spot on.

pinealley

thanks for the information, does the customs ever care and have the right to detain any grey importing cargo into Australia?

AFashionableLife

Hi pineally,
With the customs service, an I.P owner has to have lodged an objection with customs for them to ever hold up the goods.
In most cases these objections relate to fake or counterfeit products.
You may find in some cases that although you are able to import and sell the product, you may not be able to advertise the brand, or use the company logo's etc in your marketing.
This is the case with my business, I am not allowed to use some designers logo's and likenesses in my marketing, for example, I import and sell Calvin Klein products, this is ok, but I am not permitted by the Australian distributor / license holder to use the logo's etc in marketing. It is not that big a deal, if the product is well known.
I think the first thing you should do is contact the company that is the manufacturer /owner of the product you want to sell.

Hope this helps a little.

Cheers,

Jamie

pinealley

Thanks Afashonablelife, your advise is really helpful!

AFashionableLife

Your welcome

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