Deadline Looms in Microsoft Settlement
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Californians may be ignoring a chance to claim their part of the $1.1 billion deal.
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Microsoft announced yesterday that it had reached a $536 million antitrust settlement with Novell and an agreement with a computer industry trade association that has long fought
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November 10, 2004 - On Monday, Novell and Microsoft announced that the Redmond giant has agreed to pay $536 million in cold, hard cash to settle an antitrust dispute regarding Novell&#39;s Netware.
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HP and Microsoft have an enterprise software deal in the works to be announced later today.
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Microsoft settled with Novell for $536 million. Novell also intends to file a new suit againt Microsoft regrading word-processing software.
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Blog: The software maker says that the force-feedback technology company is not living up to terms of a 2003 legal settlement
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A San Francisco judge ordered Microsoft  Corp. MSFT.O to pay lawyers involved in its $1.1 billion  class action settlement $100 million in legal fees, less than  half of the original fees they requested, company officials  said on Thursday.
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As judgment day in the nine-year-long antitrust battle between Microsoft and the European Commission draws near, neither side in the protracted dispute knows for sure how it will react to the news on the day.
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A federal court hearing today is set to review the terms of Microsoft's five-year-old settlement order, which ended the Justice Department's antitrust case against the software giant. A brief filed by Google argues the order should remain in force, because of anticompetitive features in Windows Vista.
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Several U.S. states are requesting a five-year&#160;extension&#160;of the&#160;antitrust judgment against Microsoft&#160;to ensure the company&#39;s continued compliance, according to a Tuesday court filing.Sections of the 2002 antitrust judgment are due to expire next month. A status hearing is scheduled for Nov. 6 with Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.In the filing, the states argue that Microsoft could use the continued dominance of its Internet Explorer browser to choke off other emerging middleware technologies from Google Inc. and Adobe System Inc. that work in close conjunction with Web browsers.The filing mentions Google Gears and Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), technologies that allow for offline use of Internet-centric applications.&quot;Because Web-centric technologies are so dependent on Web browsers and servers for access to consumers, they are particularly susceptible to impediments that Microsoft could interpose were the final judgment were to expire now,&quot; the filing said.The states contend Microsoft could &quot;tilt the playing field&quot; to favor its new&#160;Silverlight multimedia technology, which competes with Adobe&#39;s Flash.The states also argued there have been continued problems with the program under which Microsoft licenses communication protocols to enable other vendors&#39; products to more smoothly work with ones from Microsoft.The technical documentation has been inadequate over the last five years, while Microsoft has continued to gain market share with its servers. Microsoft only recently delivered more rewritten documentation that is being evaluated, the filing said.The document was filed by California, Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia.&#160;
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Microsoft has paid $536 million to rival Novell as part of its ongoing programme to settle legal disputes that have formed the cornerstone of European regulators&#39; action against the software giant.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A judge is ordering Microsoft Corp. to pay $112.5 million to attorneys who successfully sued the software maker for monopolizing a segment of California&#39;s market.
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Microsoft Corp. settled legal disputes yesterday with two of its largest remaining antagonists, ensuring that its antitrust deal with the Justice Department will not be appealed to the US
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Microsoft&#39;s compliance with a&#160;U.S. antitrust settlement&#160;will remain under court supervision for another two years, in part because the company delayed producing documentation required by the court, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia extended the court&#39;s supervision through Nov. 12, 2009, writing that the 2002 settlement had not fully taken effect. Several U.S. states involved in the case had sought a five-year extension, despite opposition from the Department of Justice.As part of the settlement, Microsoft is required to document information on communication protocols, making it easier for other software manufacturers to create products that work well with the Windows OS.The documentation has been a sticking point between the company and the government. Microsoft has been ordered to rewrite the documentation, which was supposed to have been complete by February 2003, to make it clearer.In her ruling, Kollar-Kotelly blamed Microsoft. &quot;Although the technical documentation project is complex and novel, it is clear, at least to the Court, that Microsoft is culpable for this inexcusable delay,&quot; she wrote.But she also wrote that the company had been &quot;overwhelmingly cooperative&quot; in the years after the antitrust settlement, and that this latest extension should not be viewed as a sanction.Microsoft will continue to comply with the antitrust ruling and has built its latest operating system, Vista, to comply with the rules, the company said.&quot;We are gratified that the court recognized our extensive efforts to work cooperatively with the large number of government agencies involved,&quot; said Brad Smith, Microsoft&#39;s general counsel and senior vice president.&#160;
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SEATTLE: A San Francisco judge ordered Microsoft Corp to pay lawyers involved in its $1.1 billion class action settlement $100 million in legal fees, less than half of the original fees they requested, company officials said.
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Wednesday&#39;s ruling will be on whether the European Union penalties assessed against Microsoft -- including the largest antitrust fine ever levied by the European Commission and the requirement
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Microsoft Corp.&#39;s settlements with long-time opponents Novell Inc. and the Computer &amp; Communications Industry Association won&#39;t end the software maker&#39;s antitrust woes in Europe.