Microsoft appealed to the Supreme Court on the South Korean antitrust ruling

On March 28th, Microsoft was dissatisfied with the South Korean government's ruling against it, and appealed on Monday. The South Korean government in its antitrust ruling requires Microsoft to cancel its media player software and instant messaging software bundled with Windows practice.

According to Reuters, the South Korean antitrust authorities in November last year to make a decision, ordered Microsoft to sell separately, or allow competitors to embed the product in its system.

In a statement, Microsoft said: "Microsoft has appealed to the Supreme Court today to review the decision of the South Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) on Microsoft."

Microsoft said its bundling strategy is beneficial to both the consumers and the local science and technology enterprises are, but without prejudice to the market competition, because in Korea, consumers can easily download other software vendors from the Internet products.

The Korea Fair Trade Commission issued a written decision at the end of February for Microsoft, which also on Microsoft out of 32 billion 500 million won ($3 million 330 thousand) in fines, and gave Microsoft the appeal period 30 days.

The allegations against Microsoft, the first of its kind to be filed by Daum, the South Korean portal, have been investigated by Microsoft for more than four years.

Microsoft has reached a settlement with Daum and RealNetworks in the United States last year, but the Commission has not relaxed to investigate Microsoft.

Analysts say the lawsuit will not have any serious consequences.

South Korea analyst Kang Lok-hee said: "the purpose of Microsoft's appeal is to put pressure on South Korea's fair trade commission. No matter what the outcome, Microsoft will not give up South Korea's leading market in asia."

Microsoft said South Korea is one of the world's 10 largest market, but refused to make further explanation.