Microsoft blasts EU guidelines
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
A lawyer representing Microsoft said Thursday that the European Union was unwise to issue policy guidelines on trade secrets and the abuse of dominant positions while the software company's antitrust case is pending at an EU court.
"The guidelines reflect the anti-intellectual property viewpoint" of the European Commission, David Harfst, a Brussels, Belgium-based lawyer at Covington & Burling who represents Microsoft, said at a conference. They degrade intellectual property rights, he said.