Competition Law
The latest Competition Law coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Faces UK Class Action Over Cloud Licensing Practices: Legal Battle Intensifies
Microsoft is preparing to argue before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) that a proposed collective action lawsuit alleging anti-competitive cloud licensing practices should be dismissed,...
Microsoft Copilot Loses WhatsApp Access: What It Means for Users & Microsoft's AI Strategy
Microsoft's Copilot will cease functioning within WhatsApp on January 15, 2026, marking a significant shift in how users interact with AI assistants across platforms. This change comes after...
UK Court Rules Microsoft Perpetual Licenses Can Be Resold, Microsoft Appeals
In a landmark ruling that could reshape the software licensing landscape in the United Kingdom, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has delivered a preliminary judgment stating that perpetual...
UK Court Ruling Preserves Microsoft Software Resale Market in Landmark Decision
The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has delivered a landmark ruling that preserves the secondary market for Microsoft perpetual licenses, dealing a significant blow to the software giant's...
Microsoft Faces Australian Court Over Copilot Bundling in Microsoft 365
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched Federal Court proceedings against Microsoft, alleging the tech giant engaged in misleading conduct by bundling its Copilot AI...
Microsoft Faces £2B UK Class Action Over Windows Server Cloud Licensing Practices
A landmark £2 billion class action lawsuit is unfolding in the UK that could fundamentally reshape how Microsoft licenses its software in cloud environments, with competition lawyer Dr. Maria Luisa...
Microsoft Agrees to Unbundle Teams Globally After EU Probe, Offers $2.20/User Discount
The European Commission is poised to approve a landmark settlement with Microsoft that formally unbundles Teams from Office 365 and Microsoft 365, closing a five-year antitrust drama while reshaping...
Microsoft’s GUI Copyright Gambit Could Obliterate Europe’s Second-Hand Software Market
Microsoft is pushing a novel legal theory that the graphical user interface and other non-code elements of Windows and Office are separate copyrighted works not subject to exhaustion—a doctrine...
Microsoft’s Copyright Gambit Could End the Resale of Used Office and Windows Licenses
Microsoft has advanced a provocative legal argument that threatens to upend the decades-old European market for second‑hand software licences. In a preliminary issues trial that opened this week...
California Court Showdown: Can a Lawsuit Extend Windows 10 Security Patches Forever?
Microsoft is facing a legal firestorm in a California state court, where a San Diego resident is seeking an emergency injunction to block the October 14, 2025, end-of-support deadline for Windows 10...
xAI's Apple Lawsuit Threat: Can Musk Prove ChatGPT App Store Bias?
Elon Musk’s threat to sue Apple over alleged App Store favoritism toward OpenAI’s ChatGPT has ignited a firestorm of debate about platform power, editorial curation, and the rules that govern AI...
Windows 11 Passes 52% Market Share as Lawsuit Demands Free Windows 10 Security Updates Indefinitely
Windows 11 has finally crossed the majority threshold. In July 2025, the operating system captured 52% of desktop web traffic, according to Statcounter, overtaking Windows 10 for the first time since...