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Microsoft’s appeal of matters in a claim brought against it by ValueLicensing over alleged unlawful practices concerning the bulk resale of the tech giant’s software licenses will be heard by the Court of Appeal next week, the reseller of the licenses has said. At the end of last year, Microsoft failed to persuade the UK’s specialized competition court that ValueLicensing breached copyright rules through its resale of licenses.

Dr Maria Luisa Stasi v Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Limited & Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited,

This case has been selected for publication of documents on the Judiciary website, including PDF copies of the parties’ Skeleton Arguments and links to the judgments under appeal (via The National Archives). The live stream will be accessible via the Judiciary website and shared via YouTube, with the recording remaining available after the hearing.

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has turned down an invitation to review confidential materials that could potentially influence its probe into Microsoft’s cloud licensing practices, according to a claimant suing the company.

The Microsoft and ValueLicensing legal tussle will enter an appeals phase this month, attracting the attention of a multibillion-pound class action against the Windows giant.