The Microsoft antitrust case is also the lone example of the government’s embarking on — and winning — a sweeping suit against a tech giant for illegally protecting its monopoly.

The case centered on whether Microsoft was abusing its position as a monopoly by packaging its Internet Explorer browser with its Windows operating system. The DOJ claimed that companies like ...

The Microsoft antitrust case is also the lone example of the government’s embarking on — and winning — a sweeping suit against a tech giant for illegally protecting its monopoly.

But there’s one critical difference between the cases: Microsoft had a clear monopoly over the relevant market of operating systems for personal computers. Apple’s monopoly position is not ...

After the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) won a landmark courtroom victory in its efforts to crack down on Google’s search monopoly, on Tuesday, Oct. 8, prosecutors filed a broad framework for ...

In the Microsoft case, the Justice Department won a ruling in 2000 for the company to be broken up, but this was reversed on appeal. Microsoft settled with the Justice Department in 2001, agreeing ...

A US judge ruled that Google holds a monopoly in the search market and invoked the Microsoft antitrust case from 25 years ago as a precedent. In the Microsoft case, the company was found to have ...

Microsoft has entered discussions with the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) to address its ongoing antitrust case in Europe. The case relates to the company’s unfair ...

A nearly 30-year-old legal case looms large over the U.S. government's antitrust case against Google. A judge is hearing arguments to decide the penalties to levy against the search giant.

A nearly 30-year-old legal case looms large over the U.S. government's antitrust case against Google. A judge is hearing arguments to decide the penalties to levy against the search giant.