Lawyer Dong Zhengwei: Department of Commerce accepts proposal of Microsoft experience forestall
August 28, 2008
Morning paper dispatch (reporter Liu Ying is beautiful) Microsoft of business of the oldest software must get used to the whole world possibly oneself new capacity — China ” experience ridge in a field the first the accused ” . The reporter learns yesterday, be in China ” antitrust law ” start off after half month, commonweal lawyer Dong Zhengwei received the registration letter of Department of Commerce, “This meant Department of Commerce to accept this proposal ” .
Dong Zhengwei is the lawyer of silver-colored attorney office in Beijing. Be in ” antitrust law ” carried out on August 1 before today, he to Department of Commerce, country industrial and commercial hair of total bureau, country changes appoint give out ” the proposal requisition that requests to protect citizen property rights and interests ” , the proposal launchs antitrust investigation to Microsoft, fine 1 billion dollar. Current, department of Commerce is the first makes response orgnaization in 3 branches.
To rate of this kind of response, dong Zhengwei is very satisfactory. “Next, department of Commerce will be mixed the country is industrial and commercial hair of total bureau, country changes appoint harmonious execute the law. ” he expresses, of Chinese antitrust execute the law practice will be started at this point.
To Microsoft, be in early ” antitrust law ” before carrying out, because,this is in Europe ” forestall ” the enterprise of the dock that be introduced to, encounter in China similar suit already did not have be concerned about almost.
Dong Zhengwei thinks, microsoft was disobeyed at least ” the operator that has the market to control a position, must not abuse the market to control a position, eliminate, limitation competes ” ” the operator that prohibits having the market to control a position is engaged in with inequitable high price distributors is tasted or with buying low inequitably commodity; Take carry out commodity without warrant, add when trade perhaps other unreasonable trading terms ” wait for a regulation.
A data is cited extensively, up to by this year June, chinese netizen amount was achieved 253 million, the user of 70% is using system of software of the window operation of Microsoft and office, exceeded ” antitrust law ” achieve to market share 1/2 can think to have what the market controls a position to limit. Industry thinks, the sale price that Microsoft product is in China is highest, it is the illegal action that market of a kind of abuse dominates a position to carry out sudden huge profits of price forestall obtain, microsoft also should pay price for this.
Yesterday, department of Commerce did not make official response at this point, and the relevant controller of Microsoft China expresses, do not know Department of Commerce at present or any antitrust orgnaizations undertake to Microsoft antitrust is investigated.
Tags: Commerce, department, Dong, Lawyer, Zhengwei


