Rubini, Luca --- "Microsoft on Trial" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010) [2010] ELECD 464

Editor(s): Rubini, Luca

Title: Microsoft on Trial

Sub-title: Legal and Economic Analysis of a Transatlantic Antitrust Case

Series: New Horizons in Competition Law and Economics series

Topics: Competition Policy; Law and Economics; Competition and Antitrust Law; European Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 30 September 2010

Number of pages: 560

ISBN (hard cover): 9781848442443

EISBN: 9781849807142

Abstract/Description:

Microsoft on Trial analyses the antitrust cases that have involved Microsoft on both sides of the Atlantic and offers a thorough and timely discussion on the regulation of unilateral behaviour in a topical sector.

This fascinating and highly relevant book facilitates discussion on the difficult technical, legal and economic issues with respect to innovation, competition and welfare raised, through the span of more than a decade, by the US and EC Microsoft antitrust cases. It assesses their impact on the evolution of European and US laws on competition and intellectual property in the IT sector and beyond.

The book, which adopts a multidisciplinary approach (IT, law, economics), benefits from the valuable insights of 20 contributors including those that were directly involved in the EC case. Practitioners, advanced postgraduates and academics will find this unique book an essential resource.