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EU: Court ruling on Intel antitrust case next year says judge

By  |  June 26, 2017

Europe’s top court is likely to rule on Intel’s appeal against a record 1.06 billion euro (US$1.19 billion) EU antitrust fine next year, an EU judge said on Monday, a case that may affect companies such as Google and Qualcomm also in the EU’s crosshairs.

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    The European Commission hit Intel with the record penalty seven years ago, accusing it of trying to stifle rival Advanced Micro Devices by giving rebates to PC makers Dell, Hewlett-Packard, NEC and Lenovo for buying most of their computer chips from Intel.

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    The US chipmaker subsequently challenged the decision at the Luxembourg-based General Court, Europe’s second highest.

    Judges rejected its arguments in 2014, saying the Commission had not acted too harshly in handing down the sanction amounting to 4.15% of Intel’s 2008 turnover against a possible maximum of 10%. The company then appealed to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

    “I expect a judgment sometime next year,” Marc van der Woude, vice-president at the General Court, told a competition conference organized by Concurrence.

    Intel got a boost last year when European Court of Justice court adviser Nils Wahl questioned whether the company’s actions had really harmed competition. The court follows such recommendations in four out of five cases.

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