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Microsoft Cleared in Class-Action Lawsuit

An AP newswire article by Michael Felberbaum, via Yahoo! News, reports that:

Businesses and consumers who purchased computers with Microsoft Corp. software preinstalled or bought the company's programs through a reseller can't sue for antitrust violations, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

A unanimous three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed rulings made in 2001 and 2004 by the U.S. District Court in Baltimore. The lower court had ruled that plaintiffs could not seek damages because the software was not purchased directly from Microsoft, based in Redmond, Wash.

posted by Fergie @ 4/18/2006 06:28:00 PM