Terms Used In Michigan Laws 445.773

  • Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, partnership, association, or any other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 445.771
  • Relevant market: means the geographical area of actual or potential competition in a line of trade or commerce, all or any part of which is within this state. See Michigan Laws 445.771
  • Trade or commerce: means the conduct of a business for profit or not for profit producing or providing goods, commodities, property, or services and includes, without limitation, advertising, franchising, solicitation, offering for sale, lease, or distribution of a service or property, tangible or intangible, real, personal or mixed, or any other article of commerce. See Michigan Laws 445.771
   The establishment, maintenance, or use of a monopoly, or any attempt to establish a monopoly, of trade or commerce in a relevant market by any person, for the purpose of excluding or limiting competition or controlling, fixing, or maintaining prices, is unlawful.