A bill to clarify the circumstances under which territorial provisions in licenses to distribute and sell trademarked malt beverage products are lawful under the antitrust laws.
Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act - Declares that no antitrust law shall prohibit the importer, brewer, or trademark licensee of a trademarked malt beverage from entering into an agreement granting a wholesale distributor the exclusive right to sell such beverage within any defined geographic area within a State, or limiting such distributor to the sale of such beverage for ultimate resale to consumers in that area, when such beverage has substantial competition from other malt beverages in that area.
Declares that this Act shall not affect any provision of State law.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.
Introduced in Senate
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held.
Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held.
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