Microsoft on trial
Subtitle: legal and economic analysis of a transatlantic antitrust case
By: edited by Luca Rubini
Series: New horizons in competition law and economics
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9781848442443
Subjects: Trials, litigation; Computer software industry; Law and legislation; Antitrust law; Restraint of trade; Microsoft Corporation
Other titles: Legal and economic analysis of a transatlantic antitrust case
Description: This fascinating and highly relevant book facilitates discussion on the difficult technical, legal and economic issues with respect to innovation, competition and welfare raised, through the span of more than a decade, by the US and EC Microsoft antitrust cases. It assesses their impact on the evolution of European and US laws on competition and intellectual property in the IT sector and beyond.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 490-501) and index.
Table of contents: title: The basic technology issues at stake / Colin Jackson; title: Windows into the world of abuse of dominance : an analysis of the Commission's 2004 Microsoft decision and the CFI's 2007 judgment / Nicholas Banasevic and Per Hellström; title: Victa placet mihi causa : the compulsory part licensing part of the Microsoft case / Ian S. Forrester; title: The Microsoft Windows Media Player tying case / Jean François Bellis and Tim Kasten; title: The Microsoft case : you reap what you sow? / Jens Fejø; title: The Microsoft chronicles / Rudolph J.R. Peritz; title: Microsoft v Commission and the interoperability issue / Steven Anderman; title: The EC Microsoft case and duty to deal : the transatlantic divide / Eleanor M. Fox; title: Microsoft v Commission : interoperability, emerging standards and innovation in the software industry / Ann Walsh; title: Tying, technological integration and Article 82 EC : where do we go after the Microsoft case? / Arianna Andreangeli; title: Economic aspects of the Microsoft case : networks, interoperability and competition / Maria J. Gil-Moltó; title: Microsoft v Commission : a pricing perspective on non-price abuses / Derek Ridyard and Markus Baldauf; title: The quest for appropriate remedies in the EC Microsoft cases : a comparative appraisal / Nicholas Economides and Ioannis Lianos; title: Beyond Microsoft : an international agreement on abuse of market power? / Carlo Petrucci; title: Epilogue /  Bo Vesterdorf