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The Competition Appeal Tribunal ruled that it does have jurisdiction to evaluate key issues in ValueLicensing’s abuse of dominance claim.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal rules on collateral Waiver.

A legal claim has been brought against Microsoft over alleged licensing practices that could result in a multibillion-pound payout for UK customers. Following publication of this article, a Microsoft spokesperson told us: "This new collective action is based on the same unsubstantiated claims regarding second-hand software licensing that have been litigated for several years in another case [ValueLicensing's claim against Microsoft]. Microsoft believes these claims are meritless and will vigorously defend against them."

Robert O’Donoghue KC, counsel to Microsoft, told the CAT in a case management conference today that it does not have jurisdiction to evaluate a key issue in ValueLicensing’s abuse of dominance claim against the tech company, as it does not fall within the specialist court’s remit.

Microsoft, sued by ValueLicensing, told a judge today that the UK competition court doesn’t have jurisdiction to deal with narrowed-matters over the lawsuit because they concern copyright law.