Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Antitrust & Trade Regulation : From 10/01/05 To 07/01/06
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Manufacturing, Patent |
| Title: | Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Indep. Ink, Inc. |
| Date: | 03/01/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–1329 |
| Summary: | In the context of antitrust claims, since a patent does not necessarily confer market power upon a patentee, in all cases involving a "tying" arrangement, a plaintiff must prove that the defendant has market power in the tying product. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Oil & Gas Law |
| Title: | Texaco v. Dagher |
| Date: | 02/28/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–805 |
| Summary: | It is not per se illegal under section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1, for a lawful, economically integrated joint venture to set the prices at which it sells its products. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Food & Beverages, Intellectual Property, Patent |
| Title: | Unitherm Food Sys., Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc. |
| Date: | 01/23/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–597 |
| Summary: | Grant of a new trial pursuant to a review for sufficiency of the evidence in an antitrust case is vacated where defendant failed to renew its preverdict motion for a directed verdict as specified in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50(b), and thus, the circuit court had no basis for reviewing defendant's sufficiency of the evidence challenge. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Manufacturing, Retail, Transportation |
| Title: | Volvo Trucks N. Am., Inc. v. Reeder-Simco GMC, Inc. |
| Date: | 01/10/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–905 |
| Summary: | A manufacturer may not be held liable for secondary-line price discrimination under the Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act in the absence of a showing that the manufacturer discriminated between dealers competing to resell its product to the same retail customer. |