Microsoft Petition for Permission to Appeal Class Action Certification of Nationwide Class Action Challenging Labeling PCs as “Windows Vista Capable” even if PCs could not Run Premium Vista Properly Denied by Ninth Circuit
We previously reported on the nationwide class action certified against Microsoft arising out of a class action complaint that challenges the marketing of new “Windows Vista Capable” and “Express Upgrade” programs. That class action complaint alleged that almost a year before its release of the new Vista operating system, Microsoft “authorized original equipment manufacturers…to place a sticker on personal computers… indicating that the PCs had been certified by Microsoft as ‘Windows Vista Capable.’” See Kelley v. Microsoft Corp., ___ F.Supp.2d ___ (W.D. Wash. February 22, 2008) [Slip Opn., at 1]. The class action alleged further that a substantial number of PCs that were advertised as “Windows Vista Capable” were limited to “Vista Home Basic” which, according to the complaint, “does not include any of the enhanced features unique to Vista and which make Vista attractive to customers.” _Id._, at 2. The district court for the Western District of Washington granted class action certification of a nationwide class action. Our summary of that opinion may be found here. Defense attorneys filed a petition with the Ninth Circuit for permission to appeal the district court order certifying a nationwide class action. On April 21, 2008, the Ninth Circuit denied that request.
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