"She bought into Microsoft's longstanding argument that there was very little relation between Microsoft's anticompetitive acts and their dominant position."

The government argued that folding its version of a competitor's product into its monopoly operating system was a deeply anticompetitive act.

Courts that use a monopolized product's elevated market price will typically misconstrue a completed anticompetitive act as a lack of market power.

In the antitrust area, the Bureau participates in the investigation of alleged anticompetitive acts or practices and provides advice on the economic merits of alternative antitrust actions.

Specifically, a firm violates Section 2 if it attains or preserves monopoly power through anticompetitive acts.

A key conclusion in the judge's findings is that Microsoft's decision to tie its Internet browser to the Windows operating system was an anticompetitive act.

Judge Jackson concluded that Microsoft is a monopoly whose anticompetitive acts have stifled innovation and harmed consumers.

The appeals court held Microsoft liable for a series of anticompetitive acts that undermined the two programs.

Intel "accepted all the terms of the settlement without admitting that it had committed any anticompetitive acts."

While individual anticompetitive acts of state governments may be considered unwise or counterproductive, the decision to make such choices lies within the sovereign power of the states.