Microsoft Corp. v. Commission

Microsoft v. Commission
Submitted 7 June 2004
Decided 17 September 2007
Full case nameMicrosoft Corporation v. Commission of the European Communities
CaseT-201/04
CelexID62004A0201
Case typeAction for annulment, Appeal against penalty
ChamberGrand chamber
Nationality of partiesUnited States
Court composition
President
Bo Vesterdorf

Microsoft Corp. v. Commission (2007; T-201/04) is a case brought by the European Commission of the European Union (EU) against Microsoft for abuse of its dominant position in the market (according to competition law). It started as a complaint from Sun Microsystems over Microsoft's licensing practices in 1993, and eventually resulted in the EU ordering Microsoft to divulge certain information about its server products and release a version of Microsoft Windows without Windows Media Player. The European Commission especially focused on the interoperability issue.[1]

Headquarters of the European Commission, which has imposed several fines on Microsoft
  1. ^ "The Microsoft case by the numbers: comparison between U.S. and E.U." leconcurrentialiste.com. 10 February 2014.