EU To Persist in Case Against Microsoft
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The European Commission says it will go forward with its antitrust case against Microsoft, despite the software giant&#39;s recent settlements, which led to Novell and the Computer and Communications
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A European Union judge is due to  decide this week if antitrust sanctions imposed on Microsoft   should be suspended -- a move the software giant hopes would  lead to new settlement talks.
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A European Union court is expected to rule Wednesday on whether it will temporarily suspend a sanction requiring Microsoft to alter its flagship product.
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European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti said he is &quot;confident&quot; the European Union&#39;s second-highest court will dismiss an attempt by Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Corp. said on Monday it  would not appeal a European Union court order to immediately  implement antitrust sanctions, but that it remained optimistic  it would eventually prevail in its main case.
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Luxembourg - Microsoft Corp&#39;s five-year legal battle in Europe moved into a public courtroom for the first time on Thursday as the software giant tries to get the European Union&#39;s landmark antitrust ruling against it lifted.
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A European Union judge is due to  decide this week if antitrust sanctions imposed on Microsoft  should be suspended -- a move the software giant hopes would  lead to new settlement talks.
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BRUSSELS: The European Commission said its antitrust case against Microsoft will move full speed ahead despite Microsoft settlements on Monday with Novell and an embattled trade group.
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A European court dismisses Microsoft's appeal in a long-running competition dispute.
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The European Commission is likely to follow opinion in the U.S. on the merger suit.
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Computer giant Microsoft will not appeal against an EU order forcing it to provide a stripped-down version of its Windows operating system.
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Microsoft Corp., the world&#39;s largest software maker, may restart settlement talks with European Union regulators after the EU&#39;s second-highest court rules on whether penalties should be suspended.
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The long-running dispute between Microsoft and the European Union is set to be decided on Monday.
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(InfoWorld) - A European Commission official due to take charge next month of theÂ antitrust case against MicrosoftÂ has been offered a job by a Brussels-based consultancy that lists the software vendor among its clients, the Commission and Microsoft said Thursday. Henri Piffaut, deputy head of the unit handling the long-running antitrust case, has asked for leave from his civil servant position in the Commission on personal grounds, said the Commission's competition spokesman Jonathan Todd. "The situation is fluid. The Commission hasn't responded to the request yet and for the time being he remains an employee here," he said. Piffaut is due to take over the top job in the unit next month from Cecilio Madero Villarejo, who has led it for the past seven years. He joined the unit as deputy head earlier this year. Despite the hiccup over replacing Villarejo, the antitrust case against Microsoft is unlikely to be affected by Piffaut's request to leave, Todd said. "I can't see this causing any delays," he said. If Piffaut is denied leave, he would have to give up his career at the Commission. He could also be prevented from working on cases he was linked to while serving as an antitrust official at the Commisison, the European Union's executive body. Piffaut has been asked to join LECG, an international firm of consultants, to head up a team of economists working on merger cases in the Brussels office. LECG wasn't immediately available to comment. Microsoft's spokesman in Brussels, Tom Brookes, said he had heard about Piffaut's possible job change but declined to comment further. Four years ago Microsoft hired Detlef Eckert, a senior Commission official in the information society department, whose job included overseeing the antitrust investigation being conducted by his colleagues in the competition department. Eckert was not bound by the tough conflict of interest rules that apply to antitrust officials.
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An EU court is to issue its initial verdict this morning in a high-profile competition case pitting US software giant Microsoft against the EU Commission.
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The European Commission (EC), which fined Microsoft a record 497 million euros (US$625.50 million) this year for abusing its dominant position, on Monday vowed to continue pursuing the US software group through the courts for anti-competitive behavior.
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LUXEMBOURG: A European Union judge assessed on Thursday how the desertion of the EUâs biggest allies in its anti-trust case against Microsoft will affect proceedings in the five-year legal battle.