---
title: "Screen a conditional-supply or exclusive-dealing clause"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/screen-exclusive-dealing-and-conditional-supply-clauses/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A29-T1-R10-US"
practice_area: "Competition & Consumer Law (ACCC / ACL)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Screen a conditional-supply or exclusive-dealing clause

> Extract the product, the condition that the buyer not use a competitor's goods, and the territory the clause states. Do not decide the effect on competition.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/screen-exclusive-dealing-and-conditional-supply-clauses/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Competition & Consumer Law (ACCC / ACL)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Extract the product, the condition that the buyer not use a competitor's goods, and the territory the clause states. Do not decide the effect on competition. |
| What the lawyer must review | Clayton Act § 3, 15 U.S.C. § 14, makes it unlawful for a person engaged in commerce, in the course of that commerce, to lease or sell goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies or other commodities, whether patented or not, for use, consumption or resale in the United States, or to fix a price or a discount or rebate on that price, on the condition or agreement that the lessee or purchaser will not use or deal in the goods of a competitor, where the effect may be to substantially lessen competition or to tend to create a monopoly. The statute is an effects test. It does not say every exclusive clause is unlawful. You decide the effect. Opinion 512: verify the extract against the clause. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Screen exclusive-dealing and conditional-supply clauses](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/screen-exclusive-dealing-and-conditional-supply-clauses.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Extract the product, the condition that the buyer not use a competitor's goods, and the territory the clause states. Do not decide the effect on competition.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not call the clause unlawful per se. Section 14 requires an effect on competition.
- Do not add a case. None was opened for this screen.

## Sources

- [15 U.S.C. § 14, Clayton Act section 3](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/14) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Model Rule 1.1, Competence](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_1_competence/) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*