Microsoft, Amazon-backed trade body CISPE in talks over EU dispute

Microsoft Corp. and European trade association CISPE are in talks to resolve their dispute over how the tech giant licenses software for cloud infrastructure providers.

The association of Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe, which has more than two dozen members including Amazon.com Inc., said it wants to make “substantive progress” on the dispute this quarter, but said that the talks are at an early stage. The group didn’t provide details on what potential remedies the parties were discussing.