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* Groove- $171 million
* Groove- $171 million
==Legal Battles==
In 1990, the US Federal Trade Commission started investigating Microsoft's business relationship with IBM suspecting the company of possible violations of the Sherman and Clayton Antitrust Acts. The Federal Trade Commission's inquiry lasted for more than three years.<ref>[http://www3.luc.edu/law/academics/special/center/antitrust/colloquium/pdfs/gavilfirst_chap2.pdf Andrew I. Gavil & Harry First:Microsoft’s Early Encounters with the U.S. Antitrust System]</ref>
In 1990, the US Federal Trade Commission started investigating Microsoft's business relationship with IBM suspecting the company of possible violations of the Sherman and Clayton Antitrust Acts. The Federal Trade Commission's inquiry lasted for more than three years.<ref>[http://www3.luc.edu/law/academics/special/center/antitrust/colloquium/pdfs/gavilfirst_chap2.pdf Andrew I. Gavil & Harry First:Microsoft’s Early Encounters with the U.S. Antitrust System]</ref>
In 1998, the Justice Department filed charges against the company for allegedly engaging in a pattern of anticompetitive acts.<ref>[http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/press_releases/1998/1764.htm]</ref> Microsoft allegedly violated a 1994 consent decree regarding the licensing of the Windows operating system to computer manufacturers, and violations of Section 1 and Section 2 of the Sherman Act for illegal business practices and for illegally protecting and extending the Windows software monopoly respectively.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec98/microsoft_11-12a.html U.S. vs Microsoft]</ref>
In 1998, the Justice Department filed charges against the company for allegedly engaging in a pattern of anticompetitive acts.<ref>[http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/press_releases/1998/1764.htm]</ref> Microsoft allegedly violated a 1994 consent decree regarding the licensing of the Windows operating system to computer manufacturers, and violations of Section 1 and Section 2 of the Sherman Act for illegal business practices and for illegally protecting and extending the Windows software monopoly respectively.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec98/microsoft_11-12a.html U.S. vs Microsoft]</ref>
In 2003, the European Commission won the monopoly abuse case against Microsoft for linking its media player to Window and fined the company EURO 497 million.<ref>[http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/04/16/235661/IBM-Sun-and-Oracle-join-EC-in-anti-monopoly-case-against.htm EC Monopoly Abuse Case Against Microsoft]</ref>
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