Microsoft gets disappointing ruling from US courts in antitrust lawsuit

Microsoft gets disappointing ruling from US courts in antitrust lawsuit

U.S. District Court Judge Mark Wolf in Boston has rejected Microsoft’s attempts to obtain documents in its antitrust battle against the European Commission. The judge said that the software giant was trying to undermine European Union law by doing so.

Wolf quashed the Microsoft’s attempt to subpoena sensitive information from Novell (Nasdaq:NOVL) which they provided to the European Union for use in the antitrust case against Microsoft.

Judge Mark Wolf said in the ruling: “Enforcing Microsoft’s … subpoena to Novell would circumvent and undermine the law of the European Community concerning how a litigant may obtain third-party documents…”

The European Commission hearing officer, Karen Williams had already rejected Microsoft’s demand for a number of documents saying that they were confidential documents.