One classic example of the antitrust law in action is the suit against Microsoft that was filed in 1998. Microsoft had bundled its own operating system with its own browser known as Netscape. This would mean that every consumer purchasing a personal computer would have to take the browser software as well.

Thus competition would be stifled and the company would ultimately become a monopoly in the browser market. In 2000, the court found Microsoft guilty of monopoly charges and as a penalty, the trial court ordered that the company be divided into two. The Court of Appeal however revoked the decision. In the end, the case was dropped while Microsoft agreed to close down the practices that its competitors were complaining about. On a lighter note, a movie that depicted a large software company and was dubbed Antitrust was produced a year later, and it was considered to be similar to the Microsoft Company.
