[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 15, Volume 3] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 15CFR1160.4] [Page 404] TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE CHAPTER XI--TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PART 1160_PRODUCTIVITY, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION--Table of Contents Subpart A_Promotion of Private Sector Industrial Technology Partnerships Sec. 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.