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Additional reasons for the reasoned order of 6 February 2026.
The Defendants’ Stay Application is granted.
"Microsoft's switch to a copyright claim might - pending appeal - have backfired, as a subsequent deeper dive into the From SA program could leave the company wishing it had simply gone down the route of a no-fault settlement years ago, before the stakes started getting higher."
"Now, Microsoft’s response was, to put it mildly, imaginative. They did not just argue about contracts. They reached for a truly novel legal theory."
"Der Softwarekonzern scheitert mit dem Versuch, die Weiterverkäufe von Windows- und Office-Lizenzen zu unterbinden. Ein britisches Gericht bestätigt: Der Second-Hand-Markt ist legal."