Will Antitrust Probes Spread Beyond Microsoft?

January 18th, 2008

The European Union is challenging Microsoft on antitrust laws again, but legal experts warn the ongoing investigations against Redmond could trickle down to other U.S. companies.European Commission regulators on Monday said they have initiated two formal antitrust investigations against Microsoft. The investigations fall under two separate categories of alleged infringements of European Commission treaty rules. The first case deals with interoperability. The second relates to tying separate software products together. Specifically, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office have fallen under scrutiny.

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