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Microsoft's first brief, filed on February 13, asked the court to set aside the injunction, saying that Java, and not.Net, was the dominant product in the market for distributed computing platforms.

In its reply brief, Sun says the injunction must be granted before Microsoft's anti-competitive actions begin to tip the market towards.Net.

"Microsoft asks this court to wait until the harm [to Sun and Java] has become certain, at which point it will be irremediable and intervention will be pointless," Sun wrote in its brief, adding, "The harm confronting Sun is so egregious and irremediable, equity demands judicial intervention."

Sun has stated that Microsoft's action in offering its own incompatible Microsoft Java Virtual Machine is a breach of Sun's copyright and an attempt to damage the Java platform. Microsoft now offers a Windows XP Service Pack, known as XP SP1a, which is identical to the previous service pack but excludes the MSJVM.

"Because Sun has established a prima facie claim of copyright infringement, it is entitled to both the presumption of probable success on the merits of its copyright claim and the presumption of irreparable harm if infringing conduct is not enjoined," Sun wrote in the brief.

Oral arguments in the appeal are scheduled for April 3 before the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia.