Microsoft received a purchase permit Activision Blizzard After the victory in the trial with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley (Jacqueline Scott Corley) from the US District Court in the Northern District of California rejected the FTC application for a preliminary court prohibition.
Otherwise, a transaction of $ 69 billion would be blocked until the internal court of the regulatory authority of the United States will make a decision on whether to merge the damage to competition in the gaming industry.
FTC fears did not convince the http://foxybingocasino.uk/ court, because Microsoft I pledged to take a number of measures that will reduce competition:
Mergers Microsoft And Activision Blizzard call the largest technology in history, so it deserves a thorough study. As a result Microsoft in writing, publicly and in court pledged to release Call of Duty on PlayStation for 10 years along with Xbox. The company also entered into an agreement with Nintendo About porting Call of Duty On Switch. In addition, she concluded several agreements to postpone the games for the first time Activision In different cloud gaming services.
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FTC may appeal. True, there is another obstacle on the way to the end of the transaction – the merger was blocked by the competition for competition and the British markets (CMA). Appeal Microsoft The decision of the British regulator will be considered in court from July 28.
However Microsoft wants to close the transaction on time – until July 18. Perhaps the company will try to agree in the CMA in pre -trial order or in extreme cases will remove Activision Blizzard From the British market.
Addition. Microsoft and CMA agreed to suspend the lawsuit in order to continue negotiations. In a conversation with The Verge, the president of the "small -haired" Brad Smith (Brad smith) said:
After today’s verdict in the United States, our attention is returned to the UK. Although we do not agree with the fears of CMA, we are considering changes in the transaction in order to resolve these fears acceptable for the CMA method. Both parties filed a joint request to the Court of Appeal on the Suspension of the Court of Judgment, since the solution to the problems that have arisen meets public interests.
CMA confirmed the request and noted that “it was ready to consider any proposals Microsoft by changing the transaction in such a way as to resolve the fears set forth in the final report ".
As the Verge writes, most likely the court of appeal will be approved by a request for suspension of the court Microsoft Against CMA.