United States of America: Issued Court of Appeals order denying FTC appeal in (FTC v. Microsoft)
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Issued Court of Appeals order denying FTC appeal in (FTC v. Microsoft)
On 14 July 2023, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an order denying the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) motion for injunctive relief to block Microsoft's acquisitions of Activision Blizzard. The FTC alleged that Microsoft had a history of buying rival consoles and gaming content to suppress competition. According to the FTC's argument, the proposed transaction is considered anti-competitive because Microsoft may choose to make certain games exclusive to their own Xbox game consoles or potentially degrade the experience of Activision games, including popular titles like Call of Duty, on competing platforms if the deal is finalised.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Merger control regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
other service provider, technological consumer goods, software provider: other software
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2022-12-08
under deliberation
2023-07-10
in force
2023-07-12
under appeal
2023-07-14
in force
2023-07-20
concluded
2023-09-26
under appeal