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ValueLicensing's Reply To Microsoft's Re-amended Defence On The Copyright Issues.

A sixth case management conference has been listed to commence at 10:30am on 13 May 2025 with a time estimate of two days.

Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Limited and Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited have amended their Defence on 20th March 2025. Claim No. CL-2021-000208

Evidence handed over by Microsoft supports allegations that it unlawfully restricted customers from reselling software licences as company “policy” before formally instituting it as a licensing condition, justifying a new round of disclosure, the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has heard.

ValueLicensing has urged the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal to strike out key defence arguments raised by Microsoft in a £270 million standalone damages claim because they “have no prospect of success” at trial. The UK-based software reseller asked the CAT during a case management conference today to strike out Microsoft’s claim that its allegedly anticompetitive conduct was justified to protect its intellectual property rights.