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Microsoft ruling: EU court statement
News The European Court of First Instance said on Monday that it upheld the European Commission's antitrust decision against Microsoft, in what could prove to be a crucial regulatory landmark. On 7 June, 2004 Microsoft brought an action before the Court...
[September 17, 2007, 10:07]
Microsoft-EU antitrust decision looms
News After a three-year legal battle, the European Union's Court of First Instance is set to rule on Monday on European Commission regulators' antitrust case against Microsoft. The Court of First Instance will also issue a decision on the multimillion...
[September 17, 2007, 8:15]
Microsoft 'not ruling out' further antitrust appeal
News Microsoft's general counsel, Brad Smith, said he is "not ruling anything out" as the company assimilates a landmark judgement by the European Court of First Instance. Responding to the decision on Monday by the European Court of First Instance to...
[September 17, 2007, 18:07]
Microsoft called back to court over Novell settlement
News Bo Vesterdorf, president of Europe's Court of First Instance, has spent the past weeks deliberating whether to allow Microsoft to delay various changes to its business practices pending the appeal. The European Commission has temporarily halted...
[November 24, 2004, 13:15]
Fax error costs EC €100m court case
News On Thursday the European Court of First Instance ruled in favour of five German banks which had been fined a total of €100m by the EC. According to Friday's Financial Times, the European Court of First Instance overturned the fine because an EC...
[October 15, 2004, 15:05]
Microsoft attempts to overturn EC ruling
News Microsoft's appeal, filed on Monday with the Court of First Instance, had been expected, given the significance of the orders issued by the European Commission. He added that Judge Bo Vesterdorf, president of the Court of First Instance, may uphold...
[June 8, 2004, 14:10]
Intel appeals against antitrust fine
News The microprocessor firm lodged its appeal against the €1.06bn (£951m) fine in the European Court of First Instance on Wednesday — although the company has not yet revealed the precise legal basis for the appeal.
[July 23, 2009, 13:05]
Red Hat voices concerns over Microsoft patent model
News While Red Hat welcomed Microsoft's recent decision to comply with the European Court of First Instance's antitrust ruling, Michael Cunningham, general counsel for Red Hat, stated that the company was still concerned about Microsoft's patent model.
[October 24, 2007, 18:07]
Microsoft asks for emergency EU order
News The software maker already has filed a 100-page appeal before the Court of First Instance asking it to annul the European Commission's $604m (£332m) fine and media player requirement. The Court of First Instance, Europe's second-highest judicial...
[June 25, 2004, 9:35]
EC freezes Microsoft's punishment
News The announcement quickly followed Microsoft's request to Court of First Instance asking for an emergency stay of the media player requirement. The Court of First Instance, Europe's second-highest judicial body, is expected to hold a hearing on...
[June 28, 2004, 8:45]
Intel counter-attacks EC over antitrust claims
News In a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union this week, it emerged that Intel had brought a counter-action against the Commission on 10 October, at the Court of First Instance of the European Communities.
[November 27, 2008, 16:49]
Big guns line up against Microsoft
News The five companies have formed a grouping known as the European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS) and have offered to supply the EC with technical and legal support in order to defeat Microsoft's appeal against its conviction for...
[April 6, 2005, 17:20]
EC opens up Oracle case
News The Commission has lost several significant cases in the Court of First Instance, because they couldn't back up its economic analysis. The Commission has to look over its shoulder now to see how the Court of First Instance will view any case.
[September 13, 2004, 10:25]
Microsoft prepares EU appeal
News Microsoft's appeal will be to the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg. Microsoft is also expected to ask the Court of First Instance to delay any imposition of the remedies, but that request is not expected to be filed until later in June.
[June 3, 2004, 9:15]
Intel fails to delay EU antitrust case
News However, on Tuesday the European Court of First Instance rejected Intel's arguments. Marc Jaeger, the president of the court of first instance, said in his judgement that the Commission's refusal to include the documents in its case file had "no...
[January 28, 2009, 12:59]
Microsoft vs EC: The story so far
News In June 2004 it filed a 100-page appeal to the Court of First Instance, asking it to annul the Commission's fine and measures. Following the lead of the plucky Oliver Twist in the movie of the same name, it asked the Court of First Instance...
[April 24, 2006, 13:20]
Intel to use EC slip-up in antitrust defence
News Fergal O'Regan, one of the heads of unit at the Ombudsman's office, told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that Ombudsman decisions are not legally binding, and that it would be up to the European Court of First Instance, which is hearing Intel's appeal, to...
[November 18, 2009, 15:53]
Microsoft publishes EC papers
News The Commission continually changed its interpretation of what technical documentation was required by the vague language in the decision, and refused to put its new interpretations in writing despite repeated requests from Microsoft, out of...
[February 24, 2006, 7:45]
Microsoft will comply with EU antitrust ruling
News Microsoft confirmed that it had agreed to comply with the judgement of the European Court of First Instance, but had not commented at the time of writing on whether it had agreed to pay the £397m anticompetition fine imposed at the time by the...
[October 22, 2007, 16:10]
RealNetworks stands alone in Microsoft's way
News The European Court of First Instance is expected to issue a ruling, possibly as early as this month, on whether Microsoft will have to abide by the European Commission's sanctions immediately, or whether enforcement can wait until the outcome of...
[November 15, 2004, 11:10]
