The fair competition writeup is concise, clear, and wrong. You'd think patents didn't exist from this squib. It is legal to make agreements that restrict compet

The fair competition writeup is concise, clear, and wrong. You'd think patents didn't exist from this squib. It is legal to make agreements that restrict competition if these derive from patent rights, copyrights or other IP possessed by a single party. "the essence of a patent ... is the right to exclude." But if two or more IP-holders collude to restrict competition OR raise or maintain higher prices (Apple vs Amazon) that is illegal. (IP swaps don't further restrict competition and are therefore OK.)