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MLB, Fanatics must face US monopolization case over licensed product sales, plaintiff argues

( February 5, 2024, 23:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Casey’s Distributing opposed Fanatics and Major League Baseball’s motion to dismiss claims that they illegally forced smaller distributors of licensed products off Amazon’s third-party online marketplace to maintain Fanatics’ dominance in which the MLB has heavily invested. “Defendants used their power and domination over Licensees, who are (i) horizontal competitors with Fanatics as licensees and (ii) also horizontal competitors with defendants as retailers, to force those licensees to agree to group boycott retailers, who also horizontally compete with all defendants and licensees as retailers, by collusively refusing to sell MLB licensed products to retailers and by group boycotting them from third-party online marketplaces,” it said.See document below. ...

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