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2010-03-30 13:27

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A local court once again ruled against Microsoft for trying to monopolize the market by selling the Windows program and the Windows Media Service program as a bundle, according to court officials yesterday.

"By selling the WMS as a mandatory option of the Windows program, Microsoft limited consumers` rights to choose and violated the rule of fair competition," said the Seoul Central District in its ruling.

The court, however, dismissed the applicant`s claim that Microsoft, through such tie-in sales, caused 100 billion won ($81.7 million) in damages.

"Though the market share of the applicant, a maker of a video player program, may have fallen, there is not sufficient proof that it was directly due to the tie-in sales by Microsoft," said the ruling judge in the ruling.

The Seoul Central District Court similarly ruled in June that Microsoft illicitly abused its dominant status in the market and promoted an illegal combination sale, but denied the competitors` claim to have suffered from consequent damages.

The Fair Trade Commission in 2006 imposed a surcharge of 32.5 billion won on Microsoft for illicit tie-in sales. The global computer technology giant filed an appeal to the Seoul High Court but withdrew it in 2007, prior to the court ruling.

(tellme@heraldm.com)



By Bae Hyun-jung

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