Microsoft asks EU judge to suspend antitrust sanctions
WinInfo | at | by Mike
This week, Microsoft asked the European Court of First Instance to suspend its European Union (EU) antitrust sanctions while the company conducts its appeal. Citing the "historic" nature of the EU sanctions, which Microsoft says would require the company to share "secret technology" with its competitors, Microsoft argued that complying with the sanctions now will needlessly harm the company if it eventually wins or settles the EU case.
"This is the first time in history that a company has been ordered to draw up a description of secret technology and deliver it to its competitors," a Microsoft lawyer said during a hearing in Luxemborg before the EU court.