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Question

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Explanation / Answer

According to Amazon, BookLocker's Complaint must be dismissed because it fails to sufficiently allege the generic requirements for a cause of action brought under § 1 of the Sherman Act: 1) an agreement between two or more actors, and 2) the actors' agreement must involve either restrictions that are per se illegal or restraints of trade that fail scrutiny under the rule of reason. Id. at 3 (citing Euromodas, 368 F.3d at 16). According to "Section 1 of the Sherman Act prohibits a seller from `tying' the sale of one product to the purchase of a second product if the seller thereby avoids competition on the merits of the `tied' product."