Microsoft pressures EU court on price
InternetNews | at | by Mike
A European judge must sort through competing ideas on the balance between intellectual property and fairness to decide whether antitrust penalties against Microsoft should be suspended.
But Microsoft warned the court that if the penalties stand during what could be a lengthy appeal, Europeans will bear the brunt, having to pay more for a modified Windows operating system.
Judge Bo Versterdorf of the CFI has the sole authority to stay the judgment while Microsoft's appeal plays out before a three-judge panel of the CFI, a process expected to take as long as five years. Vesterdorf is expected to rule in two or three months.