The Us V. Microsoft Antitrust Case Study

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The United States v. Microsoft Corporation antitrust law case was a case where Microsoft was accused of trying to create a monopoly. They were also accused of using practices that were deemed illegal according to the Sherman law. By operating in such a manner, Microsoft was restricting competitors of having an equal opportunity of the free market. This is all because
Microsoft was trying to manipulate certain programs to only be applicable to Internet Explorer, stating that the two companies had merged into one unstoppable organization. The court must answer the question stating was Microsoft violating the Sherman antitrust laws that were created in 1890. The judge that was ordered to the case found that Microsoft had violated the Sherman
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