In 1995, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission published guidelines that delineated how and when the Agencies would evaluate intellectual property licensing and other
activities under the antitrust laws.
Not exact matches
The failure of the Department of Justice to request additional information or to bring an action
under the
antitrust laws to challenge the formation or material modification of the joint venture shall neither give rise to any inference of lawfulness nor limit in any way the right of the United States to investigate the formation, material modification, or any other aspects or
activities of the joint venture or business arrangement and to bring actions to prevent or restrain violations of the
antitrust laws.
The Court of Appeals of Washington concluded that the Rule of Reason required consideration of the impact of the
activity upon competition in the relevant geographic market which,
under antitrust law, is the area to which the purchaser can reasonably turn to obtain the product.
Like price - fixing, group boycotting is generally characterized as a per se violation of the
antitrust laws, although certain boycott
activities may be addressed
under the Rule of Reason.