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Mr Justice Picken has refused applications by Microsoft Corporation and its UK and Irish subsidiaries aimed at preventing ValueLicensing (“VL”)’s claims against them from proceeding to trial.

Introduction Case No: CL-2021-000208 ValueLicensing has won in its first hearing in its claims against Microsoft

The UK's High court last week heard Microsoft's plea to strike out a lawsuit one of its resellers filed last year over alleged anti-competitive practices. UK-based ValueLicensing says Microsoft is trying to kill off the pre-owned software market.

Microsoft's attempts to have a 2021 lawsuit's claims regarding anti-competitive practices struck out were this week contested in UK courts.

Microsoft’s U.K. arm knowingly implemented company selling practices that violated competition law, and U.K. courts are the right venue to hear the claims, counsel leading a £270 million ($355 million) lawsuit against the company told a London judge Thursday, after the U.S. company sought to strike out parts of a market abuse claim.