On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Steve Schear wrote:
Issues When looking at antitrust it seems prudent to consider, to whatever degree possible, whether regulatory intervention achieves the intended goals or whether it merely substitutes one set of problems for another. Market dominance/penetration has been a major issue in antitrust. Reduction of consumer choice through stifling of innovation should be included with predatory pricing and other consumer impacts in consideration of antitrust.
At a workshop presentation last spring I suggested a non-regulatory way to include reduction in choice effects. Under the proposed changes Congress would set market size and penetration limits for all markets (based on SIC or its newer offspring) exceeding some minimum size threshold (e.g., 0.1% GNP) and enabling competitors to sue in federal court for removal of trademarks and copyrights of the monopolist related to the industry in question. Since trademarks and copyrights are privileges and not rights they can, theoretically, be rescinded.
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