Japanese Government Raids Microsoft Offices

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday February 25, 2004 @06:37PM from the giant-robot-jokes-out-of-question dept.

Nakito writes "According to an article at the financial news site Bloomberg, Microsoft's Tokyo office was raided by Japan's Fair Trade Commission, which is investigating whether the world's largest software maker violated the country's anti-monopoly law." Other readers note a AP/Yahoo story claiming: "A commission official, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said Microsoft Japan is suspected of attaching improper restrictive conditions when signing software deals with Japanese personal computer manufacturers, such as requiring that Japanese companies allow infringement of their patents."

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Japanese Government Raids Microsoft Offices

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