Completion of the revolution in antitrust doctrine on restricted distribution: Leegin and its implications for EC competition law

摘要

In the United States the antitrust pendulum has swung dramatically from its expansionist heyday in the 1960s and 1970s both generally216 and specifically in the treatment of vertical restraints on intrabrand competition. The judgment in Leegin completed the revolution in antitrust doctrine on restricted distribution. Although prior to this judgment, U.S. Companies were free to announce pricing policies unilaterally and to refuse to deal with those that did not comply with those policies, the judgment in Leegin now gives firms greater flexibility to incorporate RPM provisions within their distribution agreements.