Ultrааwesоme Imаging is оne оf the nation’s biggest manufacturers and distributors of ultrasound machines. Due to the success of its marketing and the superiority of its products, it has gained a 60% market share of ultrasound machines in 8 of the 10 largest healthcare markets in the country. New-Fangled Ultrasounds is a new ultrasound manufacturing company, and it’s trying to break into various US markets. Ultraawesome gets wind of these attempts after a number of its purchasers ask about their quality compared to New-Fangled, as well as the lower prices being offered by New-Fangled. Trying to avoid any defamation claim, the CEO of Ultraawesome responds to these questions by just highlighting the long track record of their machines, since they’ve been in the business for decades. However, the CEO becomes concerned about the threat to Ultraawesome’s bottom line with a new competitor. The CEO decides to make an offer to New-Fangled to purchase its business and technology, including all patents obtained by New-Fangled. Since New-Fangled is just starting to enter a lot of the same markets, the purchase wouldn’t increase Ultraawesome’s market share, but it would give Ultraawesome a small market share in rural areas where it has very few sales currently. Following a complaint by another competitor to the FTC contesting the potential purchase, the FTC investigates and decides to prohibit the acquisition of New-Fangled by Ultraawesome. Ultraawesome contests the decision in Federal District Court. Should the judge overseeing the case use the rule of reason or per se violation doctrine to decide the case, and why? Should the potential purchase be deemed a violation of antitrust law, and why or why not? (2-3 sentences)
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