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C C An Injunction Is An Order of The Court Requiring A Person To

An injunction is a court order requiring a person to refrain from a specific act, such as violating a contract. The court has discretion on whether to grant an injunction temporarily or indefinitely. Microsoft was involved in lawsuits regarding bundling its Internet Explorer browser with its Windows operating system. A consent decree and final judgment imposed constraints on Microsoft's business practices around software interfaces and visibility of features to computer manufacturers. RealNetworks filed a lawsuit alleging Microsoft pursued predatory conduct over years through restricting how PC makers install competing media players and forcing Windows users to take Microsoft's media player.

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C C An Injunction Is An Order of The Court Requiring A Person To

An injunction is a court order requiring a person to refrain from a specific act, such as violating a contract. The court has discretion on whether to grant an injunction temporarily or indefinitely. Microsoft was involved in lawsuits regarding bundling its Internet Explorer browser with its Windows operating system. A consent decree and final judgment imposed constraints on Microsoft's business practices around software interfaces and visibility of features to computer manufacturers. RealNetworks filed a lawsuit alleging Microsoft pursued predatory conduct over years through restricting how PC makers install competing media players and forcing Windows users to take Microsoft's media player.

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  An injunction is an order of the court requiring a person to
refrain from doing some act which has been the subject matter of contract. The power
to grant injunction is discretionary and it may be granted temporarily or for an
indefinite period.
 
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The case was whether Microsoft was allowed to bundle its flagship Internet
Explorer (IE) web browser software with its Microsoft Windows operating
system.
Lawsuits brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, 18 states, and the District
of Columbia in two separate actions were resolved through a Consent Decree
that took effect in 2001 and a Final Judgment entered in 2002. These
proceedings imposed various constraints on our Windo ws operating system
businesses. These constraints include limits on certain contracting practices,
mandated disclosure of certain software program interfaces and protocols, and
rights for computer manufacturers to limit the visibility of certain Windows
features in new PCs. We believe we are in full compliance with these rules.
However, if we fail to comply with them, additional restrictions could be
imposed on us that would adversely affect our business.
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In the suit, filed in federal court in San Jose, Calif., RealNetworks alleges that
Microsoft has "pursued a broad course of predatory conduct over a period of
years...resulting in substantial lost revenue and business for RealNetworks."
The complaint adds that Microsoft has wielded its "monopoly power to restrict
how PC makers install competing media players while forcing every Windows
user to take Microsoft's media player, whether they want it or not."

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Prof. Parikshit Vaid Krishan Kumar Joshi
Roll No. 9121

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