AMD Files Antitrust Complaint Against Intel in U.S. Federal District Court

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Date: June 28, 2005 11:06:27 AM EDT
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Subject: AMD Files Antitrust Complaint Against Intel in U.S. Federal  
District Court



     AMD Files Antitrust Complaint Against Intel in U.S. Federal
     District Court
     - Jun 28, 2005 03:06 AM (BusinessWire)

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2005--AMD (NYSE:AMD):

    --  Complaint Details Worldwide Coercion of Computer-Makers,
        System-Builders, Distributors and Retailers from Dealing with
        AMD

    --  Intel's Illegal Acts Inflate Computer Prices and Limit Choices
        for Businesses and Consumers


AMD (NYSE:AMD) announced today that it filed an antitrust
complaint against Intel Corporation ("Intel") 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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     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50119051



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