Gravity initially filed a class-action suit in 1999, alleging
that its litigation support software was being undermined by
Microsoft's alleged monopoly practices. Gravity also claimed that
Microsoft, Compaq, Dell and Hewlett Packard were conspiring to lock
up the market for operating system software.
The lawsuit was dismissed in January 2001, but Gravity filed a
new suit against Microsoft, Dell and Compaq alleging that
agreements between the companies produced "anti-competitive
effects."
However the US Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, VA,
apparently ruled on Monday that Gravity could not provide "any
factual basis" to support its allegations and therefore the lawsuit
could not proceed.
Approximately 63 anti-trust lawsuits against Microsoft are still
pending, including those filed by AOL Time Warner and Sun
Microsystems.
