Supreme Court Opens Door to Microsoft Antitrust Suits

March 19th, 2008

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court’s ruling that Novell can proceed with an antitrust suit against Microsoft . The justices declined to hear Microsoft’s appeal, with Chief Justice John Roberts recusing himself because he owns Microsoft stock. The court did not offer a reason for declining the case, its standard practice.The suit dates back to 2004. Novell sued Microsoft, claiming the software giant “deliberately targeted and destroyed” its WordPerfect word-processor and Quattro spreadsheet applications because they are compatible with operating systems besides Windows.

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