[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR1160.24]



[Page 426]

 

                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

      CHAPTER XI--TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 

PART 1160_PRODUCTIVITY, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION--Table of Contents

 

               Subpart B_Strategic Partnership Initiative

 

Sec. 1160.24  Antitrust considerations.



    (a) The Department of Commerce will offer no opinion on the 

antitrust merits of the formation of any proposed Strategic Partnership. 

The Department may seek an opinion from the Antitrust Division of the 

Department of Justice as to whether a proposed Strategic Partnership 

would raise antitrust issues. Furthermore, the role played by the 

Department of Commerce confers no special immunity to any given 

Strategic Partnership.

    (b) Strategic Partnerships may be formed without any consultation 

with or involvement by the Department of Commerce; the purpose of the 

Strategic Partnership Initiative is to make the private sector aware of 

this vehicle and, where requested, conduct workshops to discuss the 

formation of such partnerships in general. Commerce will not select the 

technologies, the number of partnerships, or the specific firms in a 

given partnership.