As part of AMD’s long-running antitrust battle with rival chipmaker Intel, Federal District Judge Joseph Farnan has ordered Intel to product discovery evidence related to Intel’s business practices outside the UNited States. Earlier in December, the Special Master assigned to the case, Vincent Poppiti, ruled that Intel should turn over international discovery evidence, agreeing with AMD’s assertion the chip market was global in nature and Intel’s business conduct in that case spanned the globe.
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AMD Files Antitrust Complaint Against Intel
AMD announced today that it filed an antitrust complaint against Intel Corporation yesterday in U.S. federal district court for the district of Delaware under Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, Sections 4 and 16 of the Clayton Act, and the California Business and Professions Code.
The 48-page complaint explains in detail how Intel has unlawfully maintained its monopoly in the x86 microprocessor market by engaging in worldwide coercion of customers from dealing with AMD. It identifies 38 companies that have been victims of coercion by Intel — including large scale computer-makers, small system-builders, wholesale distributors, and retailers, through seven types of illegality across three continents.
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