> There are a whole new class of statutes which have been appearing recently > (or at least getting a lot of attention in recent years), and that is in the > arena dealing with the areas of "illgotten gain" and "unlawful enrichment". > I am not quite sure that these areas deal only with the civil arena, but > rather I believe that they also get into criminal law as well.
Too bad those statutes don't apply to companies such as Microsoft. If there was ever a company that achieved their market position by "ill-gotten gain" and "unlawful enrichment", it's Microsoft. Not verbatim, but functionally equivalent conversation excerpt from U.S. Dept. of Justice Antitrust Division and Microsoft chairman Bill Gates: DOJ: Mr. Gates, we find that Microsoft is a monopoly according to our official definition of monopoly, and that you have used illegal business practices such as bundling and exclusivity agreements to extend this monopoly. Bill: Yeah. So? DOJ: Oh, nothing. We just thought we'd mention it. Have a nice day. Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "JaMi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "JaMi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:13 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] License Legalities * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
