Microsoft open secret lobbying campaign that beauty intervention European antitrust ruling
Microsoft launched a secret lobbying campaign to convince the U.S. government and business of the company and the European Union has a dispute between the anti-monopoly intervention. Microsoft has the European commission last year for a major antitrust appeals, Microsoft executives for this meeting with the White House and justice department officials, request them to support. Meanwhile, Microsoft has to several U.S. enterprise (including at least a pharmaceutical enterprise) issued a memo, request them to persuade the U.S. government, support Microsoft.
According to media get copies of the memorandum, the memorandum lists the two American officials name and phone number, one of them worked in the justice department, the other is a White House special counsel. Memorandum should be put forward four Suggestions "talking points", one is: "I know that Microsoft has asked the U.S. government to direct intervention, the business secrets about the dispute, I want to tell you is: my company support (Microsoft) this requirement."
The European commission is the eu's executive agency, and is also the European Union antitrust top regulators, it ruled that Microsoft last year the company abused its in computer operation system of the market dominance, in violation of the provisions of the relevant fair competition. Relevant institutions required Microsoft to pay 497 million pounds ($583 million) fine record, and ordered the changing business practices. Microsoft has to appeal the decision, but the court until next to make the ruling on. In the year to August, according to the European commission later Microsoft special a ruling filed a second round of appeal, Microsoft says this ruling could make its competitors from gaining access to and use of commercial secrets of the Microsoft and spread. It is for this award, Microsoft hopes that the United States government intervention, through the official involved in litigation procedure support Microsoft.