Harvard, MIT fight Microsoft demand for research gathered about Netscape

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Harvard University and Massachsetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are challenging Microsoft's subpoena for research gathered by two professors as evidence in its antitrust case. The universities, which filed their objections in federal court in Boston, say the Microsoft action threatens their First Amendment rights and research abilities. The professors, David Yoffie of Harvard Business School, and Michael Cusumano, of MIT's Sloan School of Business, have co-authored a book, 'Competing on Internet Time: Lessons from Netscape and its Battle with Microsoft,' which is scheduled for publication within days of the federal antitrust case's start on Oct 15, 1998. Microsoft wants to use the professors' notes and tapes as evidence to demonstrate that the 1995 meetings between Microsoft and Netscape are common in the software industry. Another Microsoft strategy aims to show how Netscape's business problems stemmed from company mistakes rather than the alleged unfair competition by Microsoft.

Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Colleges and universities, Universities and colleges, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Litigation, Lawsuit/litigation

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States ready antitrust move over Microsoft

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Attorneys general in 11 states are preparing to file an antitrust complaint against Microsoft and are likewise involved in investigating alleged antitrust abuses by Visa U.S.A. and MasterCard International. The states are expected to file the complaint against Microsoft by the end of Apr 1998. The complaint will be brought before US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, who handled the Justice Department's suit against Microsoft in 1997. The officials of the states involved are taking the initiative against the software giant because they are worried that the Justice Department will not follow through with its antitrust suit. As far as the credit-card companies are concerned, Justice is completing its 18-month investigation and will decide on its course of action.

Nonbank Credit Card Firms, Credit Card Issuing, Personal credit institutions, Investigations, United States. Department of Justice, Nonbank credit card services, MasterCard International Inc., Credit and debit card industry, Credit card industry, State government, Visa U.S.A. Inc.

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