Microsoft plans to ask a European court in the next few days for an emergency order blocking a ruling imposed in March that levied a heavy fine and required that Windows be offered without a media player.
A congressional panel approved an anti-spyware bill on Thursday amid criticism from technology companies, a move that clears the way for a floor vote by the full House of Representatives.
Microsoft has successfully fended off a lawsuit over a set of controversial voice digitisation patents, in a case that could have roiled the computer and Internet telephony industries if the patents had been upheld as valid.
U.S. politicians lashed out Wednesday at the European Union's decision to seek sanctions against Microsoft, asking regulators in Brussels to reconsider their decision to levy an unprecedented fine of US$613 million.
The US State Department has quietly expressed its concerns to European regulators about last week's decision to levy harsh penalties and a US$613 million fine on Microsoft.
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