FTC v. Microsoft: all the news from the big Xbox courtroom battle
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The FTC v. Microsoft witness testimony might be over for the day in the San Francisco, but it’s been a day full of news from regulators from outside the US.
First we learned that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK filed to try and delay Microsoft’s appeal of its Activision Blizzard acquisition decision. The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) shut that request down, as it would have pushed the appeal process from July to October — “contrary to justice and fairness.”
Next Canada’s competition regulator intervened with a letter to Judge Corley pointing out it had “concluded that the proposed merger is likely to result in a substantial prevention and / or lessening of competition” in consoles, multi-game subscriptions, and cloud gaming.
Microsoft hit back almost immediately with a statement pointing out that the formal period for Canada’s regulator to prevent the deal from closing has already passed.
There’s already a lot going on with the FTC v. Microsoft case and many moving parts with other regulators as Microsoft approaches the July 18th deadline when its deal with Activision Blizzard expires.
