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bundling of patented and unpatented products – supreme court narrows antitrust concerns

Just a quick post to get this news up and out – more to follow:

March 1 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court put new limits on antitrust suits against patent holders in a decision that gives companies more power to bundle products for sale to customers.

The court today ruled in favor of an Illinois Tool Works Inc. unit in a suit that seeks to bar the company from forcing purchasers of its patented industrial printheads to buy its ink as well. The justices said a lower court shouldn’t have presumed that Illinois Tool Works’s patents gave the company “market power,” which under federal antitrust law would limit its ability to bundle products.

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