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The Microsoft case : antitrust, high technology, and consumer welfare / William H. Page and John E. Lopatka.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Page, William H. (William Hepburn), 1951-
Contributor:
Lopatka, John E.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Microsoft Corporation--Trials, litigation, etc.
Microsoft Corporation.
Antitrust law--United States.
Antitrust law.
Restraint of trade--United States.
Restraint of trade.
Computer software industry--Law and legislation--United States.
Computer software industry.
United States--Trials, litigation, etc.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (363 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
In 1998, the United States Department of Justice and state antitrust agencies charged that Microsoft was monopolizing the market for personal computer operating systems. More than ten years later, the case is still the defining antitrust litigation of our era. William H. Page and John E. Lopatka's The Microsoft Case contributes to the debate over the future of antitrust policy by examining the implications of the litigation from the perspective of consumer welfare. The authors trace the development of the case from its conceptual origins through the tria
Contents:
Origins
Ideological sources of antimonopolization law
Microsoft's predecessors : the public monopolization case
Microsoft's beginnings : a post-Chicago convergence
Decisions
Chronology
The liability decisions
The remedial decisions
The follow-on private litigation
The European Commission decision
Markets
Two systems of belief about operating systems and middleware
Network effects and related economic concepts
Defining software markets
Practices I : integration
A preliminary skirmish
Integration on trial
Rethinking and redefining integration under Sherman Act standards
Practices II : the market division proposal, exclusive contracts, and Java
The market division proposal
The exclusive contracts
Java
Remedies
The goals of antitrust remedies
Structural remedies
Conduct remedies
Damage remedies.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-329) and index.
ISBN:
9786612426773
9781282426771
128242677X
9780226644653
0226644650
OCLC:
489202765

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