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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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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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