[An appeals court found that Illinois Tool works was guilty of tying.] Typically courts require in a tying lawsuit that you show that a company has market power, which is the ability to control the price that you sell the product for because there are no real competitors, ... In this case, the appeals court said that since this printer is a patented product, the existence of that patent is enough to say that you have market power.  -   David Price     Quotes
[An appeals court found that Illinois Tool works was guilty of tying.] Typically courts require in a tying lawsuit that you show that a company has market power, which is the ability to control the price that you sell the product for because there are no real competitors, ... In this case, the appeals court said that since this printer is a patented product, the existence of that patent is enough to say that you have market power. David Price