Five class-action againsts Microsoft throw out
Reuters | at | by Mike
A federal judge on Monday granted a motion by Microsoft to throw out five of the consumer antitrust lawsuits filed against the company in four states. U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz struck down lawsuits filed in Connecticut, Kentucky, Maryland and Oklahoma, saying laws in those states do not allow consumers to collect damages from Microsoft unless they purchased software directly from the company. Most consumers purchase Microsoft's Windows operating system and the its other software through retailers or get it pre-installed on the computers they buy.