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Intellectual Property

Oct. 22, 1998

Lawyer: Gates Not 'Great Satan,' Just a Competitor

By Daniel A. Shaw Los Angeles Daily Journal WASHINGTON - In his opening shot at the government Tuesday, Microsoft's lead attorney at one point turned the Justice Department's antitrust case on its head, alleging it was the software giant's competitor, Netscape, not Microsoft, that essentially had a monopoly on the Internet browser market when Microsoft entered that arena; Microsoft merely acted aggressively but legally to market its competing browser.

By Daniel A. Shaw
Los Angeles Daily Journal
        WASHINGTON - In his opening shot at the government Tuesday, Microsoft's lead attorney at one point turned the Justice Department's antitrust case on its head, alleging it was the software giant's competitor, Netscape, not Microsoft, that essentially had a monopoly on the Internet browser market when Mic...

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