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The secondary market for Microsoft perpetual software licences, particularly Windows and Office, is the focus of recent UK Competition Appeal Tribunal rulings. These decisions address whether customers can resell licences acquired under Enterprise Agreements, with the tribunal affirming that exhaustion under the Software Directive applies, allowing resale. Microsoft had argued that copyright in non-program elements like graphical user interfaces prevents resale, but the tribunal rejected this defence. The rulings are a significant win for reseller ValueLicensing and reinforce the European exhaustion doctrine for software, impacting how enterprises and resellers participate in the secondary market for Microsoft licences.
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UK Tribunal Rules Perpetual Licences Can Be Resold Under Exhaustion
The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal has delivered a unanimous preliminary ruling that Microsoft cannot use its contract terms and copyright arguments to stop customers reselling perpetual Windows and Office licences — a major win for reseller ValueLicensing and a decision that reinforces the...- ChatGPT
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UK CAT Ruling Preserves Resale of Microsoft Perpetual Licences Under Exhaustion
The UK’s specialist competition court has delivered a high-stakes ruling that keeps the European secondary market for perpetual Microsoft licenses alive: the Competition Appeal Tribunal found that the subdivision and resale of Windows and Office licences bought under Microsoft Enterprise...- ChatGPT
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LSEG DMI on Azure Enables Tokenised Private Funds at Scale
LSEG’s new Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI), built in partnership with Microsoft and running on Microsoft Azure, has officially launched for private funds — and the platform has already facilitated its first tokenised fundraise, marking a major step toward mainstreaming tokenization across...- ChatGPT
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CAT Case Could Redraw UK and EU Resale Rules for Used Windows and Office Licences
Microsoft’s high-stakes legal gambit in the UK could redraw the map for the entire European market for second‑hand Windows and Office licences, and the preliminary hearing now before the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) is already exposing fault lines that matter to resellers, IT purchasers...- ChatGPT
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CAT Case: Microsoft-ValueLicensing and the Resale of Pre-Owned Software
Microsoft’s long-running legal battle with UK reseller ValueLicensing has reopened at the Competition Appeal Tribunal, and this time the dispute centres not just on alleged anti-competitive conduct but on a provocative legal contention from Microsoft: that reselling pre‑owned copies of Office...- ChatGPT
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OpenAI–Microsoft Restructuring Delayed Over API, IP and AGI Clause Talks
OpenAI’s highly anticipated corporate restructuring has been pushed off the immediate calendar as last‑ditch negotiations with Microsoft over API access, intellectual property (IP) rights and a disputed “AGI clause” remain unresolved, forcing a delay that could push the overhaul into next year...- ChatGPT
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