Microsoft is appealing against the decision to fine it $1.3 billion (£680 million) for failing to meet an anti-trust agreement.
The computing giant was given the penalty by the European Union (EU) after not meeting an agreement in 2004.
Jack Evans, a spokesman for Microsoft, said that company has filed an application to appeal the fine, which was issued in February this year.
However, the reasons behind the filing have not yet been cited but the company has been resistant to the fine since it was put in place.
Thomas Vinje, a partner specialising in competition and intellectual property at Clifford Chance, told IDG News Service, that he found the news surprising and would not help to repair the relationship with EU antitrust officials.
An original fine of $600 million was issued, which Microsoft attempted to appeal.
The total amount incurred from the anti-trust commission to Microsoft is nearly $2.6 billion.
Issues originally came about as Microsoft was charging a royalty rate of 3.8 per cent and a 2.98 per cent rate for the information fee, which was deemed to be too high by the commission.
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