%0 Journal Article
%T Free Riding and Resale Price Maintenance, a Love and Hate Relationship
%A Jos¨¦ Alfredo Jaramillo
%J Contexto
%D 2011
%I Universidad Externado de Colombia
%X Is free riding bad for competition in the markets? Is it good and necessary to promote competition in the markets? Does free riding (being good or bad) depend on a market structure issue? A new pro-competitive justification arose since Leegin overturned Dr. Miles Court decision giving the business operators a rule of reason in order to determine antitrust harm by a resale price maintenance (RPM) conduct. American courts have dealt with free riding as a pro-competitive justification basing the analysis of this decision on the defendant¡¯s rule of reason. Should American Courts reevaluate their holdings on minimum RPM¡¯s, or should they keep tolerating manufacturer and retailers ¡°free riding¡± on their leniency for anticompetitive effects?
%U http://revistas.uexternado.edu.co/index.php?journal=contexto&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=2977