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Microsoft’s challenge over copyright matters in UK licensing case heard next week

By Simon Zekaria ( April 23, 2026, 15:23 GMT | Insight) -- Microsoft’s appeal of matters in a claim brought against it by ValueLicensing over alleged unlawful practices concerning the bulk resale of the tech giant’s software licenses will be heard by the Court of Appeal next week, the reseller of the licenses has said. At the end of last year, Microsoft failed to persuade the UK’s specialized competition court that ValueLicensing breached copyright rules through its resale of licenses.Microsoft’s appeal of matters in a claim brought against it by ValueLicensing over alleged unlawful practices concerning the bulk resale of the tech giant’s software licenses will be heard by the Court of Appeal next week, the reseller of the licenses has said. ...

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