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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "15 U.S.C. § 4302"
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description: "Rule of reason standard"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 15
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title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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chapter_number: "69"
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chapter_name: "COOPERATIVE RESEARCH"
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section: "4302"
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citation: "15 U.S.C. § 4302"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc15@119-100.zip"
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---
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# 15 U.S.C. § 4302 - Rule of reason standard
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## Text
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In any action under the antitrust laws, or under any State law similar to the antitrust laws, the conduct of—
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(1) any person in making or performing a contract to carry out a joint venture, or
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(2) a standards development organization while engaged in a standards development activity,
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shall not be deemed illegal per se; such conduct shall be judged on the basis of its reasonableness, taking into account all relevant factors affecting competition, including, but not limited to, effects on competition in properly defined, relevant research, development, product, process, and service markets. For the purpose of determining a properly defined, relevant market, worldwide capacity shall be considered to the extent that it may be appropriate in the circumstances.
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(Pub. L. 98–462, § 3, Oct. 11, 1984, 98 Stat. 1816; Pub. L. 103–42, § 3(d), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 119; Pub. L. 108–237, title I, § 104, June 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 663.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2004—Pub. L. 108–237 substituted “of— “(1) any person in making or performing a contract to carry out a joint venture, or “(2) a standards development organization while engaged in a standards development activity, shall” for “of any person in making or performing a contract to carry out a joint venture shall”. 1993—Pub. L. 103–42 substituted “joint venture” for “joint research and development venture” and “, development, product, process, and service” for “and development” and inserted at end “For the purpose of determining a properly defined, relevant market, worldwide capacity shall be considered to the extent that it may be appropriate in the circumstances.”
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