Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60
§14 Sale, Etc., on Agreement Not to Use Goods of Competitor
Title 15 › Chapter 1— MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE › § 14
Summary
It's illegal for any person or business selling or leasing goods in the United States to sell, lease, set prices, or give discounts on the condition that the buyer must not buy or use a competitor's products, when that condition could greatly reduce competition or help create a monopoly.
Full Legal Text
Title 15, §14
Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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.
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Citation
15 U.S.C. § 14
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60