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Antitrust Keyed to Morgan, 7th Ed.
Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc.
Citation:
547 U.S. 28 (2006)Facts
Petitioners Illinois Tool Works and its subsidiary Trident manufactured and sold printing systems that included three components: a patented piezoelectric impulse ink jet printhead, a patented ink container, and specially designed but unpatented ink. Petitioners sold these systems to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) who incorporated them into printers for barcoding on packaging. The licensing agreements required OEMs to purchase ink exclusively from petitioners and prohibited refilling the containers with any other ink. Respondent Independent Ink developed an ink with the same chemical composition as petitioners’ ink and filed suit alleging that petitioners’ requirement that purchasers of their patented printheads also buy their unpatented ink constituted illegal tying and monopolization in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act.
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