"Microsoft will continue to defend its position in the case through the appeal process in the Seoul High Court, " the company said in its statement.

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It has, after all, appealed to the Seoul High Court to try and reverse a directive by South Korean regulators to sell the Windows operating system and Windows Media Player separately there.

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Meanwhile in South Korea, the Seoul High Court has joined the Korean Fair Trade Commission in rejecting Microsoft's request to suspend a regulatory ruling to unbundle its Windows Media Player and Instant Messaging service from Windows.

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