South Korea trade commission turns down Microsoft antitrust appeal News
South Korea trade commission turns down Microsoft antitrust appeal

[JURIST] The South Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) [official website] on Monday rejected an appeal of its antitrust decision against Microsoft [corporate website; JURIST news archive]. In December, the KFTC issued a preliminary ruling [JURIST report; KFTC findings, PDF] that Microsoft had abused its dominant market position by bundling its media viewer and instant-messaging software with its Windows operating system. The KFTC fined Microsoft the equivalent of $34 million and ordered it to provide consumers a version of Windows without the bundled software.

A separate appeal [JURIST report; Microsoft press release] of the KFTC ruling is pending in the Seoul High Court. Last week, a US judge extended Microsoft's antitrust settlement with the US Justice Department [JURIST report] by two years, through November 2009. AP has more.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme Court said busing could be used to achieve racial integration

On April 20, 1971, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that busing of school students could be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.

League of Nations dissolved

On April 20, 1946, the League of Nations was officially dissolved with the close of its final session. Thirty-four countries had attended the final meeting at which they elected to dismantle the organization and bequeath its assets to the United Nations.

Read a history of League of Nations from the UN.

More This Day @ Law... ▸