11.8.6 De kosten ter verkrijging van het recht tot verveelvoudiging

“[…] the term “right to reproduce” would seem to refer not only to the physical reproduction of the imported goods (e.g., a sample article is imported and a mould is produced by the importer which is used to manufacture exact copies of the original imported article) but also to the right to reproduce an invention, creation, thought or idea incorporated in the imported goods. Examples of the latter would include an importation of a schematic diagram containing newly developed circuitry to be etched onto circuit boards (invention), an importation of a sculpture by a museum to be reproduced into miniature versions for resale (creation) and an importation of a transparency embodying a drawing of a cartoon character to be reproduced on to greeting cards (thought or idea).

It would also refer to originals and copies of scientific works (such as the importation of a new strain of bacterium which will be reproduced into a form necessary for the production of a vaccine), originals of literary works (such as an importation of a manuscript for the purpose of reproduction into a book), models (importation of a scaled down model of a new type of automobile to be reproduced into other identical models), prototypes (a prototype of a new toy which will be reproduced into exact copies of the new toy) and animal or plant species (a genetically altered insect which will be reproduced to combat the spread of the original species).”