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EU Slaps Intel With Formal Antitrust Charges
castrox writes "Intel is now facing a prolonged legal battle in the European Union for engaging in anti-competitive practices. The courts allege that Intel made at least one arrangement in Germany to ensure that PC manufacturers could only use their products. From the article: 'The investigation in Europe has been going on for a long time. Intel's European offices were raided by EU investigators in 2005. Last year, AMD filed a formal complaint with the Bundeskartellamt, the German Federal Cartel Office, accusing a German and Intel of entering into an agreement under which the German retailer would only sell Intel PCs in exchange for undisclosed payments from Intel. The EC quickly took over that investigation from the Bundeskartellamt.'"
Why does the EU always seem to come down on US-based companies that control a large portion of specific markets? Does it do this for European-based companies as well? I'm not crying for Intel, they have plenty of money and lawyers to deal with anything the EU throws at them (and someone should keep large multinational corporations in check), but it seems like the EU picks on US companies a lot.