A US appeals court has sided with Microsoft in a two decade-long antitrust lawsuit launched by Novell Inc. over the company’s Windows 95 operating system, signifying a potential end to the feud.
The 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals issued the decision Monday upholding a lower court’s ruling that tossed the claims against Microsoft. Novell accuses Microsoft of making last-minute changes to Windows 95 before its release that forced Novell to postpone the release of its WordPerfect program.
According to the complaint, those last-minute changes cost Novell a major share of the market.
A mistrial had been declared after a two month hearing in 2011 after one juror refused to abandon his support of Microsoft. The 10th Circuit issued a 35-page ruling agreeing siding with US District Court Judge J. Frederick Motz, who declared the mistrial and approved Microsoft’s motion that the company was legally entitled to win the lawsuit.
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