That is not accurate . " Motion Picture Patents " did not leave behind the remnants of " A . B . Dick " minus tie-ins and resale price maintenance.
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In 1968, the Supreme Court extended the " per se " rule against minimum resale price maintenance to maximum resale price maintenance, in " Albrecht v . Herald Co . ",.
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Since the OFT's investigation, numerous European states have challenged the legal status of rate parity ( as a form of price fixing or resale price maintenance ) including United Kingdom, Switzerland, and France.
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Second, [ a ] manufacturer with market power . . . might use resale price maintenance to give retailers an incentive not to sell the products of smaller rivals or new entrants .
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In 2010, the Office of Fair Trading ( OFT ) opened a formal investigation into allegations by an Online Travel Agent ( OTA ), Skoosh, of resale price maintenance in the hotel industry.
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Some manufacturers also defend resale price maintenance by saying it ensures fair returns, both for manufacturer and reseller and that governments do not have the right to interfere with freedom to make contracts without a very good reason.
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Six years later, Robert Bork reiterated and expanded upon Telser's argument, contending that resale price maintenance was simply one form of contractual integration, analogous to complete vertical integration, that could overcome a failure in the market for distributional services.
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This marked a dramatic shift on how attorneys and enforcement agencies address the legality of contractual minimum prices and essentially allowed the reestablishment of resale price maintenance in the United States in most ( but not all ) commercial situations.
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The case that was presented by the Competition Commission before the Competition Tribunal related to SAB s distribution system; an alleged practice of minimum resale price maintenance; an allegation of price discrimination and broad, diffuse allegations relating to abuse of dominance.
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The report was the basis for the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956, specifically prohibiting collective enforcement of resale price maintenance in the UK . Restrictive agreements had to be registered at the Restrictive Practices Court and were considered on individual merit.
