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Settlement Information last updated on July 28, 2005:
The claim filing deadline is closed effective March 7, 2005. Claims sent after March 7, 2005 will not be accepted. |
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Case Background
Plaintiffs allege
that Microsoft unlawfully used anticompetitive means to maintain a
monopoly in markets for certain software, and that as a result, it
overcharged
Arizonaconsumers who licensed its
MS-DOS, Windows, Word, Excel and Office software. Microsoft denies
Plaintiffs’ allegations and believes that it developed and sold high
quality and innovative software products at fair and reasonable prices.
The parties settled the case, and on June 28, 2004, the Court
conditionally certified a Settlement Class (defined in the notice ) and
preliminarily approved the Settlement Agreement. The Court granted final approval of the Settlement at a hearing on December
10, 2004.
Cy Pres
Microsoft
will provide half the value of the unclaimed
Settlement Benefits
to help
Arizona's public
and charter school districts - those with at least 50% of their students
qualifying for the federal free and reduced-price school lunch programs.
These
Arizona public and charter school
districts will receive vouchers to use on a wide variety of computer
hardware, software and professional development
services.
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