IP: Canada urging Microsoft to move north

[David Farber <dfarber@fast.net>]

SEATTLE--Canada is encouraging software giant Microsoft to relocate its
operations to British Columbia, according to reports.

Any agreement may hinder the U.S. government's efforts to break up the
company. Still, Microsoft denied it is discussing the matter with British
Columbian authorities, British Broadcasting said without citing sources.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson yesterday delayed issuing for at
least a week an order expected to split Microsoft, granting the government's
request to file additional legal briefs.

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