Thomas Vinje, a partner in the Brussels office of multinational law firm Clifford Chance, has been crossing swords with Microsoft (MSFT) for at least 16 years. In 1989 the San Francisco law firm of Morrison & Foerster dispatched him to Brussels to represent such clients as Fujitsu and NCR (NCR) on emerging software copyright law in the European Union. In 1999, the Washington-based Computer & Communications Industry Assn. hired Vinje to argue its case against Microsoft before EU officials. He continued to represent the CCIA after joining Clifford Chance in 2004.
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