Microsoft suffers Window blow from EU
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The EU struck at the commercial backbone of Microsoftâs global software empire today - forcing the company for the first time to strip its Windows platform of a popular feature to give competitors a better shot at success.
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Microsoft loses its appeal of a European antitrust order Monday that obliges the technology giant to pay a record $613 million fine, share communications code with rivals and sell a copy of Windows without Media Player.
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It concerns the European Commission ruling against Microsoft in March this year. Brussels found Microsoft guilty of breaking European Union antitrust law by abusing a dominant position in the market for PC operating systems.
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Microsoft Corporation lost a major appeal today in a European court, which ruled that the world&#39;s largest software company must comply with sanctions imposed by regulators and strip features from its Windows product.
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The European Union&#39;s Court of First Instance has rejected Microsoft&#39;s appeal of the European Commission&#39;s 2004 landmark antitrust decision against the company, which concluded that the software giant had abused its dominant position in the computer industry &quot;by leveraging its near monopoly in the market for PC operating systems.&quot;
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Loses appeal but can ditch trustee oversight Microsoft has lost its appeal against European Commission charges of anti-competitive behaviour.â¦
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BRUSSELS/LUXEMBOURG  - Microsoft suffered a  stunning defeat on Monday when a European Union court backed a  European Commission ruling that the U.S. software giant  illegally abused its market power to crush competitors.
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Microsoft failed Monday in its bid to overturn aÂ European Commission antitrust rulingÂ against it, when the European Union's second highest court dismissed the company's appeal and ordered it to pay the bulk of the Commission's legal expenses.
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LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS  - Microsoft Corp. lost a  European Union court appeal on Wednesday against sanctions  imposed by EU regulators that will force it to change business  practices and sell a stripped-down version of Windows.
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The European Commission ruled in March that Microsoft had indulged in anti-competitive behaviour with Windows and set a fine of Â£333mn plus orders to produce a version of Windows without the Media Player within 90 days or face further action.
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The European Commission warns that Microsoft could face further fines for failing to comply with its anti-trust rulings.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union escalated its trans-Atlantic fight with Microsoft Corp. yesterday , threatening huge new fines against the software maker over claims it is asking rivals to pay too much for information that would help their servers work with Windows.
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Microsoft has dropped two outstanding appeals of European antitrust rulings, following the deal struck with the European Commission at the beginning of this week, the company said in a statement Wednesday.
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The European Commission has again criticized Microsoft's response to a 2004 antitrust ruling, opening up the possibility of further fines for the company. The regulator said that the software giant proposes overcharging for vital interoperability information needed by rival software makers to allow their products work properly with the Windows operating system.
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Investor's Business Daily - In a setback that could change the way it does business, Microsoft lost a court appeal Wednesday against sanctions imposed by European Union regulators.
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Microsoft has lost on all key points in its competition dispute with the European Commission - but what is the impact of the ruling?
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Microsoft has lost its appeal to delay a fine and anti-competitive penalties set by the European Commission.