FTC’s Right-to-Repair Antitrust Suit Against John Deere Moves Forward The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust lawsuit against John Deere regarding Deere’s control over repairs to its tractors and equipment will not be dismissed, and instead will proceed with discovery following a federal court’s recent ruling denying Deere’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. The FTC’s case, in which it is joined by Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, primarily alleges that Deere has monopolized the market for equipment repair services through its dominant market position and has limited access to critical repair tools exclusively to its own network of authorized dealers. According to the Complaint, Deere licenses a software tool
