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Sleeping with the Enemy? Antitrust Advice for Online Collaborators
Traditional Antitrust Law: General Principles
1 See, e.g., Susan S. DeSanti, "The Evolution of Electronic B2B Marketplaces," remarks before the FTC Public Workshop, (June 29, 2000).
2 "Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors" ("Collaboration Guidelines"), 4 Trade Reg. Rep. (CCH) ¦13,160, (April 7, 2000).
3 See Collaboration Guidelines ¤¤ 3.31(a) and Appendix, Example 4.
4 Id.
5 Id.; but see Appendix, Example 9.
6 Id. ¤ 4.1.
7 See generally Collaboration Guidelines, ¤ 3.34(d).
8 Collaboration Guidelines ¤¤1.2, 3.2.
9 Collaboration Guidelines ¤ 3.34(a).
10 See generally William Blumenthal, "B2B Internet Exchanges: The Antitrust Basics," Antitrust Report at 49-50, May 2000.
11 See "FTC Enforcers Believe B2B Auctions Are Similar To JVs," , April 10, 2000, 6 (summary of speech by David Balto, Assistant Director, FTC Policy and Evaluation Office).
12 See generally Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. v. Indian Head Inc., 486 U.S. 492, 501, 1988.
13 See generally Collaboration Guidelines ¤ 3.34(c).
14 See generally U.S. v. Alex Brown & Sons Inc., 1997-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) ¦¦ 71,788-89 (S.D.N.Y. 1997); see also In re NASDAQ Market-Makers Antitrust Litigation, 894 F. Supp. 703 (S.D.N.Y. 1995); Competitive Impact Statement, U.S. v. Alex Brown & Sons Inc., 61 Fed. Reg. 40, 433-434 (1996).
15 See Collaboration Guidelines ¤ 4.2.
16 Collaboration Guidelines ¤ 4.1.
17 See, e.g., U.S. v. Seville Indus. Mach. Corp., 696 F. Supp. 986 (D.N.J. 1988).
18 NW Wholesale Stationers Inc. v. Pacific Stationery & Printing Co., 472 U.S. 284, 295 (1995), quoting from Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System Inc., 441 U.S. 1, 20 (1979).
19 See Statement of Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission Enforcement Policy on Joint Purchasing Arrangements Among Health Care Providers, 4 Trade Reg. Rep. (CCH) ¦13,153 at 20,812-20,814.
20 Collaboration Guidelines, ¤3.34.
21 See, e.g., U.S. v. Container Corp. of America, 393 U.S. 333, 337-338 (1969); American Column & Lumber Co. v. U.S., 257 U.S. 377, 411-412 (1921).
22 See U.S. v. Airline Tariff Pub. Co., 836 F. Supp. 9 (D.C. Dist. 1993).
23 See "U.S. Probes Airlines Joint Venture For Possible Violations of Antitrust Law," Wall St. J., May 19, 2000, at A-6.
24 Collaboration Guidelines ¤3.31.
25 Collaboration Guidelines ¤ 3.31(b) (emphasis added).
26 See generally Collaboration Guidelines ¤¤ 3.31, 3.34(b).
27 Collaboration Guidelines ¤3.34(f).
