[Web Reference] [Other Materials]
Web Reference
- Wired Feature: The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth, John Heilemann
- Our collection of older news links
- San Jose Mercury News trial coverage
- ZDNet Trial Coverage
- Slate's Dispatches from the trial
- Yahoo's "Full Coverage" - Yahoo's links to news, filings, and commentary
- Business Week/CourtTV trial coverage
- Yahoo compilation of the latest news stories
- Techweb's profiles of the key players, part of general coverage
- CNNfn trial coverage
- New York Times coverage of the trial's end and timeline (free registration required)
Books:
- e-book: U.S. v. Microsoft, The Inside Story of the Landmark Case, by Joel Brinkley and Steve Lohr (available for online purchase)
- World War 3.0 : Microsoft and Its Enemies, by Ken Auletta
- Pride Before the Fall: The Trials of Bill Gates and the End of the Microsoft Era, by John Heilemann
- and, of course:
- U.S. Department of Justice (best viewed with Netscape Navigator)
- Microsoft, (timeline) (best viewed with Internet Explorer)
- Public Filings of the Parties, listed chronologically
- Microsoft adds transcripts to its website
Other Materials
- 1. Technological Tying
- John E. Daniel, Two Federal Courts Differ on Whether a Company Has the Right to Refuse to Deal with a Company, and the Rulings May Affect the FTC's case against Intel Corp.
- Image Technical Services Inc. v. Eastman Kodak, 125 F.3d 1195 (9th Cir. 1997)
- John C. Yates, Anthony E. Diresta, Software Support and Hardware Maintenance Practices: Tying Considerations, 8 No. 6 Computer Law. 17 (1991)
- Allan J. Meese, Tying Meets the New Institutional Economics: Farewell to the Chimera of Forcing, 146 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1 (1997)
- 2. Network Effects
- Jeffrey Church and Neil Gandal, "Network Effects, Software Provision and Standardization," Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. 40, no.1, pp.85-104 (1992)
- Mark A. Lemley and David McGowan, Legal Implications of Network Economic Effects, 86 Calif. L. Rev. 479 (1998)
- William E. Cohen, Competition and Foreclosure in the Context of Installed Base and Compatibility Effects, 64 Antitrust L.J. 535 (1996)
- 3. Tying Doctrine in General
- Arthur I. Cantor, Tying, Exclusive Dealing and Franchising Issues, 1049 PLI/Corp 979 (1998)
- Daniel E. Lazaroff, Reflections on Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, Inc.: Continued Confusion Regarding Tying Arrangements and Antitrust Jursiprudence, 69 Wash. L. Rev. 101 (1994)
- 4. Java
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(a) Litigation against Microsoft
- Q & A on Sun's Filings in U.S. District Court, May 12, 1998
- U.S. District Court Judge Grants Sun Microsystems Preliminary Injunction in Java Technology Case Against Microsoft
- Sun vs. Microsoft: A Case of Contract Dispute?
- Look for updates at http://java.sun.com/pr.
- (b) Java's Threat to Windows as an Operating System
- Mark A. Lemley and David McGowan, Could Java Change Everything? The Competitive Propriety of a Proprietary Standard, 520 PLI/Pat 453 (1998)
- Interview on 9/10/98, Sun's McNeely: 'Cut Over' from Windows to Java is Under Way
- 5. Essential Facilities Doctrine
- Teague I. Donahey, Terminal Railroad Revisited: Using the Essential Facilities Doctrine to Ensure Accessibility to Internet Software Standards, 25 AIPLA Q.J. 277 (1997)
- Allen Kezsbom and Alan V. Goldman, No Shortcut to Antitrust Analysis: The Twisted Journey of the "Essential Facilities" Doctrine, 1996 Colum. Bus. L. Rev. 1 (1996)
- Richard S. Vermut, A Synthesis of the Intellectual Property and Antitrust Laws: A Look at Refusals to License Computer Software, 22 Colum.-VLA J.L. and Arts 27 (1997)
- 6. Additional Articles on the Subject
- John D. Croll and Brian M. Martin, The Role of Antitrust Enforcement in Standardization in High Technology Issues, SC 71 ALI-ABA 111, 1998.
- Online Exchange, Does Antitrust Law Compute? ( An Online Discussion Among five Distinguished Practitioners on How (or even if) Government Can Regulate Anticompetitive Practices in the Digital Age)
- Mark A. Lemley, Antitrust and the Internet Standardization Problem, 28 Conn. L. Rev. 1041 (1996)
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