market share theory

market-share theory. Antitrust. 1. A method of determining damages for lost profits by calculating the impact of the defendant’s violation on the plaintiff’s output or market share. Cf. BEFORE-AND-AFTER THEORY; YARDSTICK THEORY . [Cases: Monopolies 12(1.3). C.J.S. Monopolies §§ 28–37, 52, 64–66.] 2. Patents. A theory of lost-profits remedy offered when the patentee and the […]

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