EU sets date for Microsoft appeal
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A European Union court will rule in mid-December on an appeal by US software giant Microsoft to suspend EU sanctions.
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Microsoft begins a challenge to overturn a European Commission ruling that hit it with a 497m euro fine and an order to share its software systems with rivals.
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LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS  - A European Union court on  Wednesday upheld penalties imposed by the EU executive on  Microsoft, dismissing the software giant's appeal for a  suspension, according to a document obtained by Reuters.
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A European Union court is expected soon to deliver an eagerly awaited ruling into an appeal by US software giant Microsoft against swingeing EU anti-trust sanctions.
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A European Union court will decide on  Monday whether Microsoft abused its near-monopoly position on  the world's 1 billion computers and servers to push smaller  competitors out of the marketplace.
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US software giant Microsoft is to launch its legal appeal Thursday against a stinging EU anti-trust ruling, six months after it was fined nearly half a billion euros for abusing its market dominance.
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The European Commission is due to fine  Microsoft on Wednesday as part of a hard-line approach toward  getting the software giant to comply with antitrust sanctions  that appears to be bearing fruit.
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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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Microsoft has decided not to appeal&#160;last month&#39;s appeal ruling&#160;against it from the Court of First Instance (CFI) and has finally&#160;agreed to comply&#160;with the European Commission&#39;s&#160;2004 antitrust ruling&#160;that sparked the company&#39;s appeal.The decision to accept the CFI&#39;s ruling will dispel any lingering uncertainty facing software and hardware developers over how to plan future product development.&quot;We will not appeal the CFI&#39;s decision to the European Court of Justice and will continue to work closely with the Commission and the industry to ensure a flourishing and competitive environment for information technology in Europe and around the world,&quot; the company said in a statement Monday.Last month the Luxembourg-based CFI threw out Microsoft&#39;s appeal, siding with the Commission on the two essential elements in the antitrust case: Microsoft&#39;s failure to share necessary interoperability information about its Windows operating system with rivals and its strategy of tying its media player to Windows to the detriment of rival players.The Commission declined to comment officially on Microsoft&#39;s decision not to appeal.
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In the second day of a hearing before the European Court of First Instance, Microsoft will today argue that sanctions imposed on the software company following an antitrust ruling by the Commission should be suspended until an appeal of the antitrust
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A decision on suspending the EU's sanctions against Microsoft is expected next week.
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The European Union Court of First Instance has upheld the US$665.4 million fine on Microsoft imposed by the executive European Commission in March and will now force the company to offer European computer makers a version of the Windows operating system
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Microsoft Corp. isn't quite begging, but the company is hoping a European appeals court will cut it some major slack in its fight against the European Union's antitrust ruling, citing concerns that PC users will get the short end of the stick and that the mandate will hurt the marketplace.
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Microsoft has lost its appeal to delay a fine and anti-competitive penalties set by the European Commission.
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Key dates in the European Union's antitrust proceedings against Microsoft Corp.:
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A new round has opened in the European Commission anti-trust battle against Microsoft as the judge hearing its appeal called for a closed meeting.
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Software giant Microsoft MSFT.O has   filed an appeal against a 280.5 million euro ($356.4 million)   fine the European Commission imposed in July, holding it defied   a 2004 antitrust ruling.