Novell v. Microsoft Corporation

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that courts must look at profits across business lines to determine if conduct is economically irrational
• reiterating that Aspen Skiing is a “limited exception to the general rule of firm independence.”
• describing Otter Tail as the “forebearer of [the] essential facilities doctrine” and noting that the doctrine is “controversial”
• describing Otter Tail as the \forebearer of [the] essential facilities doctrine” and noting that the doctrine is \controversial”
• distinguishing unilateral refusals to deal from other recognized forms of anticompetitive conduct, like exclusive dealing and tying
• aggregating sales and profits across entire market to assess firm’s “overall effi- ciency” and not singling out smaller market or product line

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).