The squabble over whether IBM can order the handover and custody of documents belongs in the US--as it's between two US companies involving documents from those companies.
MS lost because the US courts don't have jurisdiction--they can't force these companies to hand over documents relating to an overseas case. Only the court in Europe can do that--and the arbitrators have ruled that out on the grounds that doing so interferes with sovereignty.
Now, if the case was being held in federal court, I suspect the outcome would have been different.
The European arbitration doesn't--that's solely between MS and the EU.
LOL, I knew he'd return to his normal BS immediately. Obviously this whole matter belongs in the US because it is other US companies like IBM that brought it before the EU. The EU shouldn't be settling a squabble between US companies, the US should. Of course, the US already resolved all these complaints to the US's satisfaction, which is why IBM went crying to the EU. Hopefully Microsoft will win on appeal, since we don't need foreign courts deciding disputes between US companies, especially those already settled in the US.