Fair Trade Law Q&A - Resale Price Maintenance

	What constitutes "resale price maintenance" and what are the relevant regulations and penalties under the Fair Trade Act?
	What anticompetitive effects can resale price maintenance have on market competition?
	What Is meant by "justifiable reasons" under the proviso in Article 19, Paragraph 1 of the Fair Trade Act, and which party bears the burden of proof?
	Does including suggested resale prices in distribution agreements or printing prices on products violate the Fair Trade Act?
	Where an upstream manufacturer provides suggested resale prices to wholesalers and retailers for products it sells, and a wholesaler or retailer sells such products at prices significantly below the suggested resale prices, thereby affecting the market pricing of the manufacturer's products, would the manufacturer violate the Fair Trade Act if it responds by suspending or terminating supply?