In 1998, the Justice Department filed charges against the company for allegedly engaging in a pattern of anticompetitive acts.<ref>[http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/press_releases/1998/1764.htm]</ref> Microsoft allegedly violated a 1994 consent decree regarding the licensing of the Windows operating system to computer manufacturers, and violations of Section 1 and Section 2 of the Sherman Act for illegal business practices and for illegally protecting and extending the Windows software monopoly respectively.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec98/microsoft_11-12a.html U.S. vs Microsoft]</ref> | In 1998, the Justice Department filed charges against the company for allegedly engaging in a pattern of anticompetitive acts.<ref>[http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/press_releases/1998/1764.htm]</ref> Microsoft allegedly violated a 1994 consent decree regarding the licensing of the Windows operating system to computer manufacturers, and violations of Section 1 and Section 2 of the Sherman Act for illegal business practices and for illegally protecting and extending the Windows software monopoly respectively.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec98/microsoft_11-12a.html U.S. vs Microsoft]</ref> |