Microsoft on Trial

Edited by Luca Rubini, Law Department, University of Turin, Italy

‘I would highly recommend this book to any practitioner, academic, or postgraduate student interested in either the specifics of the EU and US Microsoft cases or more generally in the current scope of unilateral conduct laws on both sides of the Atlantic. It is refreshingly easy to navigate, thanks to an excellent index and table of cases and legislation, no mean feat in light of the fact that the book is a collection of 14 independent essays. The editor, Luca Rubini, deserves particular praise for this achievement. The editor also provides an invaluable multi-disciplinary approach to the various issues raised by the increasing interaction of competition law and intellectual property law in the information technology sector and beyond.’

• Contents:PrefacePART I: TECHNICAL BACKGROUND1. The Basic Technology Issues at StakeColin JacksonPART II: FROM BRUSSELS TO LUXEMBOURG: A EUROPEAN STORY2. Windows into the World of Abuse of Dominance: An Analysis of the Commission’s 2004 Microsoft Decision and the CFI’s 2007 JudgmentNicholas Banasevic and Per Hellström3. Victa Placet Mihi Causa: The Compulsory Licensing Part of the Microsoft CaseIan S. Forrester QC4. The Microsoft Windows Media Player Tying CaseJean-François Bellis and Tim Kasten5. The Microsoft Case: You Reap what you Sow?Jens FejøPART III: INNOVATION, COMPETITION AND WELFARE IN THE IT SECTOR: TRANSATLANTIC PERSPECTIVES, INTERNATIONAL HORIZONS6. The Microsoft ChroniclesRudolph J.R. Peritz7. Microsoft v Commission and the Interoperability IssueSteven Anderman8. The EC Microsoft Case and Duty to Deal: The Transatlantic DivideEleanor M. Fox9. Microsoft v Commission: Interoperability, Emerging Standards and Innovation in the Software IndustryAnn Walsh 10. Tying, Technological Integration and Article 82 EC Treaty: Where do we go after the Microsoft Case?Arianna Andreangeli11. Economic Aspects of the Microsoft Case: Networks, Interoperability and CompetitionMaria J. Gil-Moltó12. Microsoft v Commission: A Pricing Perspective on Non-Price AbusesDerek Ridyard and Markus Baldauf13. The Quest for Appropriate Remedies in the EC Microsoft Cases: A Comparative AppraisalNicholas Economides and Ioannis Lianos14. Beyond Microsoft: An International Agreement on Abuse of Market Power?Carlo PetrucciEpilogueBo VesterdorfBibliographyIndex