CFR > Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade > CHAPTER XI—TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (parts 1150 to 1180) > PART 1160—PRODUCTIVITY, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION > SUBPART A—Promotion of Private Sector Industrial Technology Partnerships (§1160.1 to §1160.7) > 1160.4—Antitrust considerations.

1160.4—Antitrust considerations.

The Department of Commerce will offer no opinion on the antitrust merits of the formation of any industrial technology partnership. The Secretary, upon request, may seek the Attorney General's opinion as to whether proposed joint research activities would violate any of the antitrust laws.