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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."

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  1. 'scuse me but... by aka-ed · · Score: 0, Troll
    How can this article keep referring to this organization as "the FTC" when none of these three letters exist in the Japanese alphabet?

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  2. They have the Internet on COMPUTERS now??? by BoneThugND · · Score: 0, Troll

    Microwho?