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Microsoft fails in court bid to suspend EU sanctions

By Kristi Heim
Seattle Times business reporter


Dealing Microsoft a major legal setback, a European court today rejected the software giant's appeal to suspend antitrust sanctions imposed by European regulators earlier this year.

The decision means Microsoft will have to change the way it does business in Europe. It must immediately provide a version of its Windows operating system with the Windows Media Player stripped out and make confidential technical information available to competitors.

Those penalties were imposed by the European Commission in March when it found Microsoft violated European antitrust law. The Commission also fined the company 497 million euros ($612 million).

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