Microsoft returned to a London antitrust tribunal this week to argue that a proposed collective action seeking up to £2.1 billion over Windows Server licensing should be blocked at the gate because the claimants — led by competition lawyer Maria Luisa Stasi — have not identified a viable legal...
Microsoft is fighting to prevent a proposed multi‑billion‑pound collective suit over Windows Server licensing from becoming a full, jury‑style testing ground for how software giants price and tie their products to cloud infrastructure — a battle that could reshape cloud procurement, licensing...
Microsoft faced a fresh challenge in the UK on 11 December 2025 as a Competition Appeal Tribunal hearing considered whether a mass damages claim alleging abusive cloud-licensing practices should be certified — a case that accuses the company of deliberately imposing higher costs for running...
Microsoft will tell judges at the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) that a proposed mass claim accusing it of anti‑competitive cloud licensing practices should be struck out because the plaintiffs’ methodology for proving common liability and quantifying loss is flawed, a move that puts the...
antitrust
classaction
cloud competition
cloud licensing
collective action
competition law
licensing
regulation
uk regulation
uk regulators
windows server
Microsoft once again finds itself at the center of legal scrutiny in the United Kingdom, this time facing a potentially multibillion-pound collective claim that strikes at the heart of its software licensing practices. The suit, filed by barrister Alexander Wolfson and supported by the law firm...
antitrust
classaction
cloud computing
cloud licensing
collective action
competition law
consumer protection
consumer rights
digital competition
digital economy
digital ethics
digital infrastructure
digital marketplace
european union law
intellectual property
legal challenges
legal proceedings
licensing
market competition
market dominance
microsoft
microsoft azure
microsoft licensing
microsoft office
pre-owned software market
regulatory challenges
regulatory scrutiny
resale restrictions
resale rights
saas
secondary software market
software industry
software market
software resale
tech industry
tech law
tech litigation
tech regulation
uber review
uk law
windows
Ladies and gentlemen, gather 'round as we unravel the latest episode in the tech world’s ongoing soap opera—Microsoft, the giant in the realm of operating systems and cloud services, finds itself under the microscope once again. This time, it’s not about software bugs or system updates, but...
Microsoft, the software behemoth synonymous with your favorite productivity suite, Windows OS, and the Azure cloud platform, has found itself in legal hot water in the UK. The tech giant may soon be writing a hefty check if a newly announced class-action lawsuit proves successful. Spearheaded by...
In a significant legal development, Microsoft is facing a lawsuit in the United Kingdom that may shake up the cloud computing landscape. The lawsuit, spearheaded by competition lawyer Maria Luisa Stasi, alleges that Microsoft has set higher licensing fees for businesses utilizing its Windows...
anti-competitive practices
antitrust
classactionclassaction lawsuit
cloud computing
competition
competition law
enterprise software
lawsuit
legal action
legal challenges
legal issues
licensing
microsoft
microsoft azure
predatory pricing
pricing
pricing strategy
uk law
windows server
Microsoft customer non existent!!! Contacted them several times from crappy update last year! Nothing done! Must restart my computer every time ( connected to TV) CHANGE TO A tv app computer goes to sleep, sound no longer come through my TV unless i restart my computer EVERY TIME!!!!
Are there...
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Settlement Administrator for the Acer notebook settlement:The parties have reached a settlement in a nationwide class action lawsuit alleging that Acer America Corporation ("Acer") advertised and sold...
Walt Disney's internet subsidiary and several of its partners have been sued for allegedly using cookies based on Adobe's Flash Player to track highly personal information about their users, many of whom were minors.
The LSOs, or locally shared objects are better known as Flash Cookies, and...
adobe
advertising
browser management
classaction
consumer rights
cookies
data security
flash player
information sharing
lawsuit
legal
lsos
network security
personal data
privacy
security policies
technology
tracking
user control
web browsing
Do you remember if you bought memory between 1999 and 2002? If you did, bet you thought it was really expensive.
A major memory price fixing conspiracy is currently undergoing settlement in the United States, in which nearly every major DRAM manufacturer has been implicated. The alleged price...
antitrust
classaction
conspiracy theory
consumer rights
dram
electronics
elpida
history
hitachi
hynix
lawsuit
legal
memory
mitsubishi
price fixing
pricing
semiconductors
settlement
toshiba
united states
Microsoft’s' newest operating system, Windows 7, has a new campaign out. The advertisements follow certain people around, and they end up showing how "I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea".
Of course Microsoft's new operating system was someone else's idea. They haven't had an original idea in...
advertising
campaign
classaction
consumer rights
ideas
intellectual property
legal issues
licensing
mac
microsoft
operating system
pc users
revenue sharing
software ethics
software pricing
tech controversy
user contributions
user rights
windows 7
windows vista
Hi! I'm seriuos... I totally hate the bloatware the manufacturer put on my machine. I resented the "Vista Recovery Disc's" too. Every time I have to re-install Vista, I have to spend long periods of time erasing these programs that they originally put on my machine. And they are intricately...
RE: class action against MS
Case 2:07 -cv-00475-MJP Document 131 Filed 02/27/2008 Page 57 of 158
EXHIBIT A
Redacted Pursuant to Microsoft's
Confidentiality Designations and the
Court's order granting in Part and
Denying in part Motion to Seal (Dkt.
No. 129), entered on February 26, 2008...
aero glass
classaction
court documents
customer satisfaction
dell
explorer
graphics card
hardware
legacy hardware
market labels
microsoft
navigational layout
readyboost
software marketing
system requirements
upgrade tool
windows 7
windows vista
xp home