Avoiding Antitrust Issues

From: Biopharm International | Date: August 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

The Interface of America's Antitrust and Intellectual Property Laws

The Antitrust Laws

Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890.1 Since then, America's antitrust laws have sought to protect the integrity of our free enterprise system by outlawing various restraints of trade that threaten "free and unfettered competition."2 (P5) In discussing the objectives of the Sherman Act, the US Supreme Court has explained, "the unrestrained interaction of competitive forces will yield the best allocation of our economic resources, the lowest prices, the highest quality and the greatest national ...

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