United States v. Microsoft Corp.

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United States v. Microsoft Corp. was a major U.S. antitrust lawsuit in the late 1990s and early 2000s that challenged Microsoft's dominance in the personal computer operating systems market, particularly its practices related to bundling Internet Explorer with Windows.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal court case ⓘ
antitrust lawsuit ⓘ
accusation attempted monopolization of the web browser market ⓘ
illegal tying of web browser to operating system ⓘ
monopolization of the personal computer operating systems market ⓘ
appealCourt United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ
appealOutcome affirmed monopoly finding ⓘ
reversed some liability findings ⓘ
vacated breakup remedy ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
court United States District Court for the District of Columbia ⓘ
decisionDate 2001-06-28 ⓘ
defendant Microsoft Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Microsoft
finding Microsoft engaged in anticompetitive conduct ⓘ
Microsoft held monopoly power in the PC operating system market ⓘ
Microsoft violated Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
fullName United States v. Microsoft Corporation ⓘ
impact influenced later technology antitrust enforcement ⓘ
shaped legal analysis of software tying and bundling ⓘ
initialDecisionDate 2000-06-07 ⓘ
initialRemedy order to break Microsoft into two separate companies ⓘ
structural breakup of operating systems and applications businesses ⓘ
judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
keyIssue bundling Internet Explorer with Windows ⓘ
exclusion of rival web browsers ⓘ
maintenance of operating system monopoly ⓘ
use of restrictive contracts with Internet service providers ⓘ
use of restrictive contracts with OEMs ⓘ
legalArea antitrust law ⓘ
competition law ⓘ
notableCompetitorInCaseNarrative Netscape Navigator ⓘ
plaintiff 20 U.S. state attorneys general ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ
relatedConcept browser wars ⓘ
relevantMarket Intel-compatible personal computer operating systems ⓘ
relevantProduct Internet Explorer ⓘ
Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to: Windows
remedy behavioral remedies instead of breakup ⓘ
creation of a technical committee to monitor compliance ⓘ
requirements to share certain APIs with third-party developers ⓘ
restrictions on exclusive dealing contracts ⓘ
sectionApplied Section 1 of the Sherman Act ⓘ
Section 2 of the Sherman Act ⓘ
settlement consent decree between Microsoft and U.S. government ⓘ
settlementDate 2001-11-02 ⓘ
startDate 1998-05-18 ⓘ
statute Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
timePeriod early 2000s ⓘ
late 1990s ⓘ

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Sherman Antitrust Act → landmarkCase → United States v. Microsoft Corp. ⓘ
Avie Tevanian → testifiedIn → United States v. Microsoft Corp. ⓘ
United States v. Microsoft Corp. → fullName → United States v. Microsoft Corporation ⓘ
linked to: United States v. Microsoft Corp.