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Copyright, Licensing, And The First Screen
White Papers One view is that even if Microsoft does whatever it can to undermine competing software producers, it has done nothing that has violated antitrust laws. But neither wealth nor business success confers monopoly power, and monopoly power itself does...
[October 13, 2003, 0:00]
Analysis: FTC Action Against Intel Will Set Precedents
News According to papers filed on Monday, Intel has violated US antitrust laws by trying to coerce computer makers into handing over their best technical ideas free of charge. Aspen Highland sued under the antitrust laws and won, as Aspen Skiing, which...
[June 10, 1998, 9:14]
Judge Dismisses Antitrust Charges Against Intel
News Intel did not violate federal antitrust laws by withholding product information from Intergraph, the US District Court in Birmingham, Alabama, ruled on Monday in dismissing a lawsuit against the chip maker.
[March 14, 2000, 11:13]
Microsoft: We Didn't Break The Law
News Citing copyright laws, a 1998 appeals court ruling and Jackson's findings of fact, Microsoft claimed it is not a monopoly and did not break federal antitrust laws by tying Internet Explorer to Windows or striking exclusionary agreements with its...
[January 19, 2000, 17:10]
Microsoft's Korean Offices Searched
News The Korean Fair Trade Commission has been investigating whether Microsoft violated antitrust laws by tying its messaging software into its dominant Windows operating system, according to a source familiar with the inquiry.
[June 11, 2004, 8:55]
Justice Dept: Why Oracle Won't Win
News The government's lawsuit, filed in mid-February, argues that such a deal would be anticompetitive and violate antitrust laws. But it is our job, under the antitrust laws, to be concerned with whether there will be a new competitive entry within...
[March 9, 2004, 10:45]
Microsoft Unleashes Last-ditch Defence
News If Microsoft is found to be in violation of antitrust laws, appropriate remedies, if any, will be suggested. Yesterday, in the final day of the ongoing US Department of Justice antitrust case against Microsoft, the company emphasised that a...
[February 23, 2000, 9:02]
Did States 'deep Six' MS-DoJ Talks?
News The judge is expected later this week to issue his conclusions of law in the case, a preparatory step to delivering penalties against Microsoft if the company is found in violation of antitrust laws. Department of Justice and 19 state attorneys...
[April 3, 2000, 8:28]
South Korea Slaps Intel With £13m Antitrust Fine
News The charges mirror those Intel faces from the European Commission, which has also alleged that the chip giant violated antitrust laws by abusing its dominant market position. The KFTC charged Intel with violating South Korean antitrust laws last...
[June 5, 2008, 8:24]
Google Ranking Suit May Continue
News The parenting site alleges that Google engaged in anticompetitive behaviour in violation of antitrust laws by removing a competitor from its top search pages in order to maintain its dominance in the search market.
[July 3, 2006, 11:10]
Two Groups Back Microsoft's Online Strategy
News Microsoft competitors "would twist antitrust laws to stop Microsoft from developing integrated software", the groups said in the report. Net is precisely the type of risk-taking investment and competitive initiative encouraged by the antitrust laws.
[May 31, 2001, 10:51]
US Report: Microsoft Plays Hardball
News In the claim, the company charges that federal copyright laws trump the state's antitrust allegations. One thing's certain: in responding in the aggressive fashion it has to the sweeping antitrust lawsuit brought against it by the Justice...
[July 30, 1998, 15:38]
Let The Microsoft Peace Talks Begin
News Jackson has yet to conclude whether those actions violated the nation's antitrust laws, a decision that is expected in February after further written and oral arguments. But Posner has also written that a company's running room ends where the...
[November 30, 1999, 15:53]
DoJ Attorneys: Microsoft Is Still Guilty
News Jackson will then consider four filings when he finally decides whether the company violated antitrust laws by, among other things, tying Internet Explorer to Windows and striking exclusive deals with its partners.
[January 26, 2000, 10:05]
Microsoft Set To Refund $1bn
News Townsend and Townsend and Crew, the law firm that filed the suit, described Friday's ruling as "the largest recovery of a monopoly overcharge ever achieved in the United States and the largest recovery ever achieved under the antitrust laws of...
[July 21, 2003, 7:47]
Apple Objects To Microsoft Settlement
News The lawsuit, filed in February 1999, claimed that Microsoft violated California antitrust laws by overcharging by as much as $40 for every copy of Windows 95 and 98. Microsoft dominates the desktop market, and a federal judge ruled in November 1999...
[January 14, 2003, 8:20]
Microsoft Antitrust Ruling Faces Appeal
News This action seeks to defend critical antitrust principles that were established in the unanimous appeals court ruling that found Microsoft guilty of violating the antitrust laws. The Massachusetts attorney general noted that Microsoft had been...
[December 2, 2002, 7:12]
Microsoft Settles Bristol Lawsuit
News Bristol brought the case in August 1998, alleging that Microsoft violated Connecticut unfair business laws and state and federal antitrust laws. You can only fight so many wars at once, no matter what you think their merits are," said Bob Lande, an...
[February 22, 2001, 9:05]
Intel To Pay In Chip Patent Dispute
News Intergraph originally filed suit in an Alabama federal court in November 1997, alleging Intel violated antitrust laws, infringed on Intergraph patents, and violated state laws. A judge threw out the antitrust portion of Intergraph's suit.
[April 16, 2002, 11:39]
Gates: MS Has No Monopoly
News Both Barksdale and McNealy also repeated their request that the government vigorously enforce existing antitrust laws. SUNW) Chairman Scott McNealy said that while he didn't want government regulation of the industry, he was considering taking...
[March 4, 1998, 9:12]
