Having thought about it for a bit, I think it's very unlikely a court would hold that the PSA Set Registry is anything close to an essential facility to which competitors must be granted access. SGC and BGS have a long history of competing with PSA without their cards being eligible. Moreover, I think the evidence would show there are huge numbers of PSA cards that never get registered, it's just one aspect of PSA's success. Until I see anything to the contrary, I would hold that that success, even if it has resulted in a dominant market share, is the result of a superior product and business acumen (Supreme Court language), not monopolistic conduct. It's perfectly lawful to BE a monopolist. If other grading services are now less able to compete, that's not PSA's fault.
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