Computing - High Court hears Microsoft argument to dismiss £270m lawsuit

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.

While Microsoft seemed to acknowledge that there were some concerns around competition law that needed to be addressed against its US and Ireland operations, its lawyers argued that there weren't reasonable grounds for a claim against its UK unit, which did nothing more than market the licenses.