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Japan trade commission rules against Microsoft
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| The Fair Trade Commission in Japan told Microsoft on Friday to void clauses
| that it said violated antimonopoly law in contracts with Japanese personal
| computer makers.
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| Microsoft had contracts with Japanese PC makers with clauses that blocked
| them from taking legal action over patents involving the Windows operating
| system, the commission said in a statement dated yesterday, citing a Sept. 16
| ruling.
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| The decision relates to a case going back more than four years. On July 13,
| 2004, the FTC told Microsoft to remove the anti-lawsuit clauses. The company,
| based in Redmond, Washington, excluded the conditions from new contracts
| effective Aug. 1 of that year. Clauses in contracts concluded before the
| watchdog's order are still in force, the commission's statement said.
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/19/technology/webmsft.php
Recent:
Microsoft May Become First Defendant In Chinese Anti-monopoly Lawsuit
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| As China's first anti-monopoly law went into effect on August 1, 2008,
| Microsoft (MSFT) has been targeted by Chinese IT companies for suspected
| monopolistic activities and may become the first defendant in a Chinese
| anti-monopoly lawsuit.
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http://www.chinatechnews.com/2008/08/04/7148-microsoft-may-become-first-defendant-in-chinese-anti-monopoly-lawsuit/
China in anti-monopoly probe of Microsoft
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| China has begun an anti-monopoly investigation into US giant Microsoft and
| several other global software firms, the country's intellectual property
| watchdog said Wednesday.
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| The development comes with Microsoft already embroiled in a standoff with the
| top antitrust watchdog in Europe, where officials have long accused the
| software titan of abusing its dominant market power.
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080618123708.wux9suz1&show_article=1
EU Says Governments Could Bar Microsoft From Bidding
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| Governments contracting IT work could conclude that Microsoft's antitrust
| history constitutes "grave professional misconduct" and ban the company,
| according to the European Commission.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147175/eu_says_governments_could_bar_microsoft_from_bidding.html
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