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Title

  • Main Title Monopoly and Monopolization - Fundamental But Separate Concepts in U.S. Antitrust Law

Creator

  • Author: Rubin, Janice E.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Legislative Attorney

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2001-08-20

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report illustrates the difference between the concepts of “monopoly” and “monopolization” by touching on the monopoly/monopolization thinking in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), as illustrated in (1) statements on merger enforcement made by recent antitrust enforcement officials (generally indicative of the agencies’ concerns about competitive conditions and the effect of various market transactions), (2) the 1992 Horizontal Merger Guidelines 2 and (3) some observations on the Government actions against the Microsoft and Intel Corporations.
  • Physical Description: 6 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Business
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Monopolies
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Antitrust law
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Law

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: RS20241
  • Accession or Local Control No: RS20241_2001Aug20
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metacrs1447
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