Robert O’Donoghue KC, counsel to Microsoft, told the CAT in a case management conference today that it does not have jurisdiction to evaluate a key issue in ValueLicensing’s abuse of dominance claim against the tech company, as it does not fall within the specialist court’s remit.
GCR: CAT given key jurisdiction test over copyright in Microsoft damages claim
Microsoft has argued that the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to hear a key preliminary issue in a standalone abuse of dominance claim against the company because it involves “pure copyright law”.