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Resale Price Maintenance

Learn about agreements between manufacturers and distributors to restrict resales.

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In this lesson, we’ll learn about agreements between manufacturers and distributors to restrict resales. 

I.               Resale Price Maintenance

Vertical price-fixing agreements, or resale price maintenance, are agreements between manufacturers that establish or limit at what price distributors may resell products. It’s distinguished from suggested pricing, in which the distributor is free to follow or not follow the...

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    • 1. Welcome to Antitrust
    • Welcome to Antitrust
    2. The Origins and Economics of Antitrust Law
    3. The Scope of Antitrust Law
    • Interstate Commerce, Overseas Commerce, and Organized Labor
    • State Action
    • First Amendment and Other Immunities
    4. Horizontal Restraints
    • Defining the Market
    • Horizontal Agreements
    • Per Se Violations
    • The Rule of Reason
    5. Vertical Restraints
    • Vertical Agreements
    • Resale Price Maintenance
    • Vertical Market Allocation
    • Tying Arrangements
    • Exclusive Dealing
    6. Monopolization
    • Monopolies and Monopolization
    • Monopolistic Practices
    • Monopolization, Attempted Monopolization, and Conspiracy to Monopolize
    7. Price Discrimination
    • Pure Price Discrimination
    • Brokerage Practices and Promotional Allowance Discrimination
    • Liability and Affirmative Defenses
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    • Antitrust: Private Rights of Action
    • Antitrust: Public Enforcement
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