Double trouble for Microsoft as pre-owned software license claims converge
Barrister Alexander Wolfson is the proposed class representative in a separate claim filed in 2025 on behalf of more than two million UK customers. That action seeks between £1.3 billion and £3.5 billion in compensation.Both cases are before the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) and concern Microsoft's alleged efforts to restrict the market for pre-owned software licenses. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Case management conferences (CMCs) are used to set timetables and decide procedural questions as a case progresses.
- ▪Barrister Alexander Wolfson is the proposed class representative in a separate claim filed in 2025 on behalf of more than two million UK customers.
- ▪That action seeks between £1.3 billion and £3.5 billion in compensation.Both cases are before the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) and concern Microsoft's alleged efforts to restrict the market for pre-owned software licenses.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Case management conferences (CMCs) are used to set timetables and decide procedural questions as a case progresses.
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