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Claim for damages brought by JJH Enterprises Limited against (1) Microsoft Corporation, (2) Microsoft Limited and (3) Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited in respect of alleged breaches of section 18 of the Competition Act 1998 (the “1998 Act”), Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (“TFEU”) and/or Article 54 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (the “EEA Agreement”) and alleged breaches of section 2 of the 1998 Act, Article 101 TFEU and/or Article 53 of the EEA Agreement regarding the sale of software licences.

Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Limited and Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited response to the Request for Further Information of the Defence made by the Claimant on 20 October 2022.

In Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd and others v JJH Enterprises Ltd (trading as ValueLicensing) [2022] EWCA Civ 1509, the Court of Appeal has confirmed that an Appellant's Notice can be filed up until midnight on the relevant day if filed electronically under PD 51O (the 'Electronic Working Pilot Scheme').

The Competition Appeal Tribunal President has made a directions order by consent for Microsoft to respond to ValueLicensing’s 20 October Request for Further Information by 23 January 2023, with liberty to apply.

The U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal will take the reins of a £270 million ($325 million) antitrust lawsuit which accuses Microsoft Corp. of stifling the resale market for its software licenses, a High Court judge has ordered.