[xenadu02]

I will only say there are two important legal issues to keep in mind in cases like this:

1. Every company is, in some respect or another, technically a monopolist with regard to its own products. Indeed if this were not true most would go out of business rather quickly.

2. Different legal standards apply to a company selling a finished product to customers vs a company licensing/selling a partial solution to other manufacturers who then sell a finished product to customers.

If you are interested these two principles are a decent starting point for investigation.

[akira2501]

> technically a monopolist with regard to its own products.

Which is irrelevant because monopoly law considers whole markets including consumers and not individual products.

[xenadu02]

This principle has been noted in both trial court opinions and by SCOTUS so I think it has relevance. Thats why I said it is a good issue to research.