U.S. District Court, Maryland 

Posted: 1:00 am Fri, January 10, 2003
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<button><b><font face="times">Antitrust</font></b></button><b><i>Issuance of a must-carry injunction</i>BOTTOM LINE:</b> Harm to internet platform developer from denial of injunction requiring operating system manufacturer to incorporate the platform in its system was greater than the potential harm to the system manufacturer if the injunction was granted, the likelihood that platform developer would succeed on the merits was substantial, and public interest weighed in favor of the issuance of a must-carry injunction.<b>CASE:</b> In Re Microsoft Corp Antitrust Litigation, No. JFM-02-2739 (decided Dec. 23, 2002) (Judge MOTZ). RecordFax No. 2-1223-40, 42 pages. <b>COUNSEL:</b> For Sun Microsystems, Inc.: Lloyd R. Day, Jr., Cooley Godward L.L.P., Palo Alto, Ca. <b>FACTS:</b> In 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc. introduced a series of new technologies known as the Java platform. As soon as the Java platform was introduced, Microsoft Cor