Microsoft faces UK lawsuit over cloud computing licences


A view shows a Microsoft logo at Microsoft offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris France March 25 2024. REUTERSGonzalo FuentesFile photo

A view shows a Microsoft logo at Microsoft offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France, March 25, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Microsoft faces legal action in Britain over a claim that thousands of businesses using cloud computing services provided by Amazon, Google and Alibaba could be paying higher licence fees to use Windows Server software.

Competition lawyer Maria Luisa Stasi filed a case at the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Tuesday, claiming that British businesses and organisations could collectively be owed more than 1 billion pounds ($1.27 billion) in compensation.

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