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Which goods are restricted gray-market articles?

  1. Goods that bear a spurious counterfeit mark
  2. Foreign-made goods that bear a genuine trademark identical to a mark owned and recorded by a U.S. owner, imported without that owner's authorization
  3. Goods made in the United States and exported
  4. Goods that bear no mark at all
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B. Foreign-made goods that bear a genuine trademark identical to a mark owned and recorded by a U.S. owner, imported without that owner's authorization

Restricted gray-market articles are foreign-made articles bearing a genuine trademark or trade name identical with or substantially indistinguishable from one owned and recorded by a U.S. citizen or a U.S. corporation or association, imported without the U.S. owner's authorization.

Source: 19 CFR 133.23

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