Microsoft, DoJ resolve latest antitrust dispute

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The Department of Justice (DoJ) said Tuesday Microsoft is "generally moving in the right direction" in its compliance efforts with the landmark 2002 antitrust settlement between the company and the DoJ.

Earlier this month, the DoJ complained in a required status report that Microsoft wanted to distribute documentation for licensees in a rights-protected file format, derivative of HTML, that can only be used with Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browser.

"I think we have resolved the distribution issue. It's one more thing we can check off the list," DoJ attorney Renata Hesse told U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who was holding a quarterly compliance status court session.