Microsoft Drops South Korea Antitrust Appeal
By Ed Oswald, BetaNews
October 16, 2007, 11:26 AM
Possibly sensing that it would be an uphill battle, Microsoft said Tuesday that it planned to drop its appeal of an anti-trust ruling in South Korea.
The Redmond company had lost a similar appeal in Europe in mid-September. A request to dismiss its appeal was sent to the Seoul High Court last week.
Daum Communications, the ISP in South Korea that originally complained over Microsoft's bundling techniques, recently settled with Microsoft for $30 million USD.
The judgement in the Eastern nation is of course nowhere near that of the EU in size. Courts there found Microsoft guilty of antitrust violations and slapped it with a 497 million euro fine in 2004.
Microsoft had no immediate statement on the decision, however the Korean Fair Trade Commission declared victory against the Redmond company.
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