Commissions says it is confident the fine is legally sound
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Microsoft has said it will appeal
against a record €899m (£681m) fine imposed by the
European Commission in February
for using high prices to discourage software competition.
The move is part of a long-running battle between the EU and Microsoft which
has seen a total of €1.68bn (£1.27bn) of fines levied against the software
giant.
"Microsoft today filed to the (EU) Court of First Instance an application to
annul the European Commission decision of February 27," the US software giant
said in a statement.
The European Commission said in response that it was confident the fine was
"legally sound".
The commission imposed the original fine because the US software group had
defied a 2004 order from Brussels to provide technical information to
competitors which would allow software to be inter-operable.
The commission initially fined Microsoft €497m (£394m) in March 2004.
Microsoft unsuccessfully appealed against that penalty and was also later
fined €280.5m (£222m) by the commission for non-compliance with the commission
decision.
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