Microsoft immediately rejected Japanese antitrust regulators’ call Tuesday to retroactively nullify its contract provisions that limit the legal recourse of PC manufacturers in Japan to which it licenses its Windows operating system. Microsoft, noting it had already removed the provisions from new contracts as of last February, took issue, as expected, with making the action retroactive to older agreements. The Redmond, Washington, software maker issued a statement saying it had already removed the non-assertion of patents (NAP) provision from its new contracts.
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Microsoft Rebuffs Japanese Antitrust Inquiry
Posted by: Jay Lyman July 13, 2004 02:02 PMMicrosoft immediately rejected Japanese antitrust regulators’ call Tuesday to retroactively nullify its contract provisions that limit the legal recourse of PC manufacturers in Japan to which it licenses its Windows operating system. Microsoft, noting it had already removed the provisions from new contracts as of last February, took issue, as expected, with making the action retroactive to older agreements. The Redmond, Washington, software maker issued a statement saying it had already removed the non-assertion of patents (NAP) provision from its new contracts.