As Part of GGG's Garden Gnome Marketing Strategy, It Requires

question 13

Multiple Choice

As part of GGG's garden gnome marketing strategy, it requires its distributors to purchase a garden gnome pedestal with each gnome. The distributors don't have to sell each gnome with a pedestal, however. The distributors argue that this constitutes an illegal tying agreement. Which of the following is NOT a factor in determining if a tying agreement violated antitrust laws?

• A) Whether the tying and tied products are two separate products.
• B) Whether the products are reasonably interchangeable with other products in the market.
• C) Whether the seller posses sufficient economic power in the tying market to be able to restrain competition in the tying market.
• D) Whether the arrangement involves a "not insubstantial" amount of interstate commerce.

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