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Intel’s $1.45 billion EU antitrust fine is officially history


A €1.06 billion EU antitrust penalty on chipmaker Intel for abuse of dominance dating back to 2009 (when it was equivalent to $1.45 billion) has been

A €1.06 billion EU antitrust penalty on chipmaker Intel for abuse of dominance dating back to 2009(when it was equivalent to $1.45 billion) has been consigned to the history books after the bloc’s top court rejected the Commission’s appeal against a 2022 lower court ruling that annulled the sanction. The portion of the EU enforcement that failed concerned “conditional rebates” Intel provided to computer makers for using its chips. The chipmaker did not appeal this finding, which is why the EU issued a new fine last fall of around $400 million.

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