Europe's second highest court scraps Intel’s €1.06 billion antitrust fine
Intel has emerged triumphant in a long-running antitrust case that once saw the chipmaker slapped with a record-breaking fine by the European Commission. The General Court, Europe's second highest court, has overturned the €1.06 billion fine levied against the company way back in 2009. Back then, the Commission
that Intel abused its dominant position in the market and harmed its rivals by offering manufacturers such as HP, Dell and Lenovo incentives for using its microprocessors instead of those from rival AMD's. the fine in 2014. Intel had a game plan to shut out AMD from the market and"attempted to conceal the anti-competitive nature of practices," the court said. In 2017, however, the highest court in the European Union ordered the fine to be.
Now, the General Court has issued its decision, in which it confirmed that the Commission carried out an incomplete analysis of the company's rebate scheme all those years ago. As such, it's not possible to establish whether the rebates Intel offered the manufacturers were"capable of having, or were likely to have, anticompetitive effects.
It's a major victory for the company that's currently trying to catch up to AMD while also dealing with the global supply chain shortage. According to, though, the decision could still be appealed, and it would return to the Court of Justice if that happens. All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
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