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The Microsoft Antitrust Cases: Competition Policy for the Twenty-First Century
Microsoft rose to dominance in the 1980s, like IBM and Intel. Between 1990 and 2009, authorities in the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) carried out antitrust actions against Microsoft. The outcome shows that competition law is relevant to the fast-changing high-tech sector.
Burden of Proof in U.S. Antitrust Law
The author argues that decisions based on economic models and theories alone are inadequate for deciding specific cases.
Antitrust Law in Perspective: Cases, Concepts and Problems in Competition Policy (2nd edition)
The book covers antitrust law in a flexible format and is an update of the first edition.
Challenges of Economic Proof in a Decentralized and Privatized European Competition Policy System, The
This paper examines European efforts to involve national governments and the private sector more in competition policy.
Re-framing Windows: The Durable Meaning of the Microsoft Antitrust Litigation
This paper gives an overview of the results of the Microsoft antitrust case.