Background
The Antitrust laws of the United States were enacted to prevent companies, or groups of companies, from engaging in unfair trade practices. One aspect of these laws deals with companies working together to restrict competition (collusion). Industry associations, by nature, call for companies to work together on various issues. It is not illegal for competitors to work together, unless in doing so they are restricting competition within a given industry. Because of this, various government bodies that are charged with enforcing the antitrust laws keep careful watch over industry organizations such as AIAG.

AIAG Antitrust Compliance and Copyright Policy
Those participating in AIAG committees should proceed with caution to ensure against inadvertent violations of federal and state antitrust laws.

Minutes or other records of all meetings must be kept on file at AIAG to document the topics discussed and agreements reached. The following topics should be strictly avoided in all discussions at AIAG:

Regarding your company’s and/or your competitors’ product and services:

• Do not discuss current or future prices.
• Do not discuss any increase or decrease in price.
• Do not discuss pricing procedures.
• Do not discuss standardizing or stabilizing prices.
• Do not discuss controlling sales or allocating markets for any product.
• Do not discuss future design or marketing strategies.

Regarding your company’s and/or your competitors’ selection of their supplier companies:

• Do not discuss refusing to deal with a company because of its pricing or distribution practices.
Do not discuss strategies or plans to award business or remove business from a specific company.

REMEMBER: Both your company and you as an individual
can be prosecuted for violations of antitrust laws.

AIAG’s copyright policy state that all products developed by AIAG groups are
the property of and are copyrighted by AIAG with the exception of those created jointly with another
organization and covered by separate agreement.

Ownership of intellectual property contributed to AIAG transfers to AIAG as soon as the development of
the document begins. If the intellectual property that is contributed is copyrighted, written permission to
use the intellectual property is required and the permission statement will be included in the document.

AIAG will acknowledge such contributors in each publication.