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Microsoft has failed in its attempt to use copyright and intellectual property law to fend off a £270 million standalone abuse of dominance claim before the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal.

Judgment of the Tribunal concerning the trial of two preliminary issues in a claim brought by JJH Enterprises Limited (trading as ValueLicensing) against Microsoft.

ValueLicensing dispute probes whether Office counts as a creative work.

Microsoft and the software reseller ValueLicensing have been going at each other for a while now, but the outcome of the latest trial that's starting up in the UK could have real ramifications on the second-hand software market.