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During a Case Management Conference held by the Competition Appeal Tribunal yesterday, both sides gave an account of issues that need to be resolved before the case could go to trial.

The ValueLicensing v Microsoft case has all the hallmarks of an antitrust David and Goliath battle. In one corner we have ValueLicensing, a plucky Derby-based firm with current annual revenues of £1.5 million and in the other, Microsoft with revenues of $207 billion.

Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Limited and Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited have amended their Defence on 5th July 2023. Claim No. CL-2021-000208

The second CMC is listed for 10:30am on 9-10 October 2023, with a time estimate of two days.

Following the consent order the Particulars of Claim have been re-amended to reflect the fact the claimant no longer pursues the allegation made at paragraph 48(1); and (b) include those additional matters relating to paragraph 48(2) of the Amended Particulars of Claim that are referred to in the Claimant’s response dated 19 May 2023 to the Defendant’s Request for Information dated 18 April 2023.