Microsoft fails in Oracle, Sun subpoena bid
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
A California judge denied Microsoft's request to subpoena rivals Sun Microsystems Inc. and Oracle in an order issued Wednesday. Microsoft was seeking access to documents from the U.S. vendors in relation to its ongoing battle with the European Commission over whether the company has complied with a 2004 antitrust ruling.
In a six-page order, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Magistrate Judge Patricia Trumbull granted motions from Sun and Oracle to quash the subpoenas and vacate the prior order that had granted Microsoft permission to serve the subpoenas.