Microsoft Corp on Friday will defend its $69 billion planned acquisition of"Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard Inc, in a private antitrust lawsuit in San Francisco federal court brought by video gamers who claim the deal will harm industry competition and should be stopped.
"What plaintiffs ask this court to do is unprecedented. They have not cited a single case where a court has enjoined a merger based on alleged harms claimed by a few individual consumers," Microsoft's lawyers told Corley in a May 5 court filing. A Microsoft spokesperson said the plaintiffs' complaint contained"unsupported and implausible claims about the deal's effect on competition."
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