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Japanese FTC Warns Microsoft

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the firing-back-at-redmond dept.

ChibiOne writes "The Japanese Fair Trade Commission has ordered Microsoft to cut a restrictive contract clause, designed to protect the software giant from patent-related lawsuits by PC manufacturers that sell products using Microsoft's Windows operating systems. Under such provision, Japanese makers would be unable to sue Microsoft even if the software giant's technologies are deemed to violate their patents. The Japan Times Online has the scoop."

2 of 204 comments (clear)

  1. that's unfair by dmf415 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Lets drop microsoft and their unfair licensing agreements... At my campus, microsoft product or no longer free to students, staff and faculty under the new licensing agreement.
    BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  2. Re:well.. by deflin39 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So long, and thanks for all the fish.

    I thought it was "So long and thanks for all the shoe's :) (j/j)