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The tag 'tom kabinet' covers discussions on the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) case between Microsoft and UK reseller ValueLicensing, which challenges the legality of reselling pre-owned Windows and Office licences. Key themes include copyright exhaustion rules, the Software Directive, and potential impacts on the European market for second-hand software. The case could reshape resale rules for used Microsoft licences, affecting resellers, IT purchasers, and public procurement teams.
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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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- competition law copyright digital economy eu regulation exhaustion ip rights microsoft microsoft licensing office licensing procurement regulatory risk resale-market second-hand software secondary market software-directive tom kabinet uk law usedsoft valuelicensing
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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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- antitrust cat competition law copyright copyright-differentiation ecj-precedent exhaustion microsoft non-program-elements office perpetual license secondary market software-directive subscription licensing tom kabinet ui-graphics uk-litigation usedsoft valuelicensing windows
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