Intel Wins Appeal on EU Antitrust Fine

[Phynaz]

The last time a Commission antitrust case against a dominant firm collapsed before the EU’s top court was 1979

http://www.politico.eu/article/margrethe-vestagers-intel-problem/

 

[FIVR]

Here are some more accurate thread titles from non-troll articles that OP chose to ignore in his endless search for good news about Intel.


Intel's $1.3 Billion Fine in Europe Requires Review, Court Says
New York Times · 2 days ago

EU top court orders reexamination of Intel antitrust fine
ABC News · 2 days ago

Intel Wins Round in Fight Over $1.26 Billion Antitrust Fine
Bloomberg 2 days ago

ALL of them indicate that intel has not completely won the appeal. Only OP has decided that intel has won. At best, Bloomberg says they won a "Round in Fight". That's not a win of an appeal, it's an appeal of an appeal.

 

[FIVR]

I suggest we change the title to this one:

Intel escapes €1.06bn antitrust fine... for the time being

https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/06/intel-escapes-1-06bn-antitrust-fine-for-the-time-being/

he highest court in the European Union has ordered a €1.06 billion ($1.4 billion) antitrust fine against Intel be re-examined, heralding a victory for other technology companies currently facing similar investigations from Europe. In 2009, the European Commission found that Intel had "harmed" its rivals by giving incentives to computer makers Dell, Lenovo and HP for using its microprocessor chips instead of those from rival AMD. Intel appealed, but the fine was upheld in 2014.

Now, the ruling from the Court Justice of the European Union (ECJ) will see the case sent back to a lower court, with the ECJ claiming the original court had not properly considered the "efficient competitor test", a technical assessment of how Intel's activity impacted on a rival's ability to compete against it. The verdict means Intel has escaped the original fine for now, although the case could drag on for many more years.

The initial penalty, which represented around 4.15 percent of Intel's 2008 revenues, was record-breaking at the time, but has recently been overtaken by a €2.4 billion ($2.7 billion) penalty against Google in June. In a case similar to Intel's, Google was accused of abusing the dominance of its search engine to promote its own services at the expense of rivals. It's not clear yet if the ECJ's decision will have any impact on this case, or indeed any cases going forward, but it nonetheless represents a victory for American technology companies which claim they are unfairly targeted by European antitrust regulators.

Looks like intel is still in LOTS of trouble. Maybe even worse than before!

 

[raghu78]

I suggest we change the title to this one:

https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/06/intel-escapes-1-06bn-antitrust-fine-for-the-time-being/

Don't bother wasting your time. The OP is basically cheering for Intel. Pathetic.

 

[PhonakV30]

I suggest we change the title to this one:



https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/06/intel-escapes-1-06bn-antitrust-fine-for-the-time-being/

allright I read your link and for time being , still doesn't mean "win".
OP needs to change title.

 

[Phynaz]

Don't bother wasting your time. The OP is basically cheering for Intel. Pathetic.

Ad hominem is what's pathetic. Not surprised though, you're on a pretty good anti-Intel roll today.

 

[raghu78]

Ad hominem is what's pathetic. Not surprised though, you're on a pretty good anti-Intel roll today.

If calling Intel an abusive monopoly is anti-Intel then I am glad to be so. As for you the lesser said the better.

 

[CHADBOGA]

If calling Intel an abusive monopoly is anti-Intel then I am glad to be so. As for you the lesser said the better.

Are you okay?