Jonathan Todd
Jonathan Todd
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As a result of our investigation and our contact with the two companies, they have now amended their practices so that consumers will now be able to buy other brands of cars from dealerships that were previously exclusively for BMW, Mini and General Motors.
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If the Court of First Instance upholds the March 2004 decision then it should be possible for the protocols that do not embody innovations to be circulated under open-source licenses.
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It is therefore premature for Microsoft to claim that the Commission has prejudiced their rights of defense.
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Microsoft will have the opportunity to explain how this technical support is relevant to the March 2004 decision.
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This date has now been pushed back to Feb 15.
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Let me be clear, the Commission's position is that Microsoft is obliged to comply with the remedies imposed by the Commission's March 2004 decision, nothing more, nothing less. We are not moving goal posts, we are not changing our demands.
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It is part of the obligation of the trustee to proactively make contact with third parties and discuss what information they require to make interoperable products.
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The Justice Department and the Commission's competition department have regular contact on this case.
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She took the view that a time period of eight weeks should be sufficient for Microsoft to reply to a comparatively short statement of objections.
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We welcome in particular the fact that the court confirmed that discriminatory pricing agreements for domestic sales and exports to the detriment of consumers in other member states are an illegal, restrictive business practice.
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There is also the possibility that we won't have all the necessary technical information so that competitors will be able to make a product that is compatible with Vista.
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We'll have to look at the deal and reply afterwards.
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We can only begin our analysis once we have received the details in writing and so far all we have received is the press release.
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We have 25 working days to decide whether we think there may be some negative impact on effective competition or not.