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[CITE: 15USC14]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
      CHAPTER 1--MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
 
Sec. 14. Sale, etc., on agreement not to use goods of competitor

    It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce, in the 
course of such commerce, to lease or make a sale or contract for sale of 
goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodities, 
whether patented or unpatented, for use, consumption, or resale within 
the United States or any Territory thereof or the District of Columbia 
or any insular possession or other place under the jurisdiction of the 
United States, or fix a price charged therefor, or discount from, or 
rebate upon, such price, on the condition, agreement, or understanding 
that the lessee or purchaser thereof shall not use or deal in the goods, 
wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodities of a 
competitor or competitors of the lessor or seller, where the effect of 
such lease, sale, or contract for sale or such condition, agreement, or 
understanding may be to substantially lessen competition or tend to 
create a monopoly in any line of commerce.

(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, Sec. 3, 38 Stat. 731.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 21, 26 of this title.