Intel antitrust appeal: EU failed to show consumer harm
- Tuesday, 15 September 2009 14:19
Intel has filed an application for annulment with the European Union's Court of First Instance seeking to have its record €1.06 billion (~$1.45 billion) fine thrown out. In its application, the chipmaker says that the European Commission finding that it engaged in illegal anticompetitive behavior was erroneous, that the investigation itself was flawed, and that there's no indication that consumers were harmed by Intel's actions.
When Intel originally filed its notice of appeal in July, it also said that the EC violated its human rights by levying such a large fine as the result of an administrative proceeding. In Intel's most recent filing, it doesn't directly raise the rights issue. Instead it argues that investigators failed to meet the standard needed to prove misconduct, noting that they never made a link between the volume discounts and rebates that Intel offered to OEMs and any real harm to consumers.
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