On 17 September 2007, Microsoft lost their appeal against the European Commission's case. The €497 million fine was upheld, as were the requirements regarding server interoperability information and bundling of Media Player. In addition, Microsoft has to pay 80% of the legal costs of the commission, while the commission has to pay 20% of the legal costs of Microsoft. However, the appeal court rejected the Commission ruling that an independent monitoring trustee should have unlimited access to internal company organization in the future."Microsoft loses anti-trust appeal". BBC News, 17 September 2007Judgment of the court of first instance (Grand Chamber), Case T-201/04 . 17 September 2007, Luxembourg. On 22 October 2007, Microsoft announced that it would comply and not appeal the decision any more,"Microsoft finally bows to EU antitrust measures". . Reuters. 22 October 2007. and Microsoft did not appeal within the required two months as of 17 November 2007."Appeal deadline is over".
