AMD Takes Case To Public, Japan

Kez writes "Following on from Tuesday's post on AMD filing a lawsuit against Intel in the U.S., Reuters is reporting that AMD is claiming damages against Intel K.K. in Japan, over the Japan Fair Trade Commission's recommendation that Intel has violated Japan's Antimonopoloy Act. They are seeking to claim $50million in damages in the High Court and have also filed for damages in the District Court. AMD continue to throw the punches, but will they come out on top?" At the same time, Rob writes "Computer Business Review is reporting that Advanced Micro Devices yesterday ran a full-page advertisement in several major North American newspapers urging readers to familiarize themselves with its 48-page complaint against Intel Corp's alleged anti-competitiveness. By taking its case to the people in this way, AMD arguably may pique investor interest and raise its market profile. At the same time, these antics may however lead AMD into a precarious legal position."

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Read the complaint

[jpetts]

In the complaint filed by AMD you will see that Intel KK actually DOES ADMIT that on several occasions complaints brought under the JFTC were actually true. This is NOT SCO-like tactics. It is demonstrable fact.

Maybe, maybe not. Probably not.

[cbreaker]

AMD has a pretty big market. They have facilities worth billions, they have thousands of employees, and they sell a crap load of processors and other chips. They're not exactly a desperate company.

But if something like this DID happens (meaning, if Intel did strong-arm the PC makers) would you expect the competition to sit back and take it?

If you were looking for a job, and someone came in and said "if you hire this other guy, we'll give him to you for half price, but if you hire THIS guy, we'll charge you twice for any future people" you'd be pretty hurting. And you'd probably sue. I would.