Resale Price Maintenance and Vertical Territorial Restrictions

Theory and Practice in EU Competition Law and US Antitrust Law

New Horizons in Competition Law and Economics series

Barbora Jedlicková, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland, Australia

Theoretical discussions among competition lawyers and economists on the approach to Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) and Vertical Territorial Restrictions (VTR) have often caused controversy. However, commentators agree that there is a lack of comprehensive study surrounding the topic. This book explores these two forms of anticompetitive conduct from legal, historical, economical, and theoretical points of view, focusing on the EU and US experiences.

‘Dr Jedlicková offers a fresh and much-needed insight on the law of resale price maintenance. She presents a sophisticated analysis of the relevant legislation and case law within a wider socio-economic contextual approach in which the very ‘justice’ of the various possible approaches is discussed. Competition lawyers, competition economists, and policy-makers will find arguments here that challenge assumptions, and analysis which is robust and pertinent. This is a valuable contribution to our understanding of resale price maintenance in particular, and vertical restraints in general.’
– Mark Furse, University of Glasgow, UK