Meanwhile in South Korea, the Seoul High Court has joined the Korean Fair TradeCommission in rejecting Microsoft's request to suspend a regulatory ruling to unbundle its Windows Media Player and Instant Messaging service from Windows.
In March it agreed to a ruling by Japan's fair tradecommission to settle a dispute over anticompetitive sales practices. (Intel denies any unlawful conduct.) The European Union and the Korean Fair TradeCommission are now investigating Intel on similar charges.
"Other leading competition authorities, including the Korean Fair TradeCommission, the US Department of Justice and the Canadian Competition Bureau have investigated the same facts and concluded that LG Electronics should not be held liable for the conduct of LG Philips Displays, " said John Kwon, executive vice president of LG Electronics.