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New York Launches Intel Antitrust Investigation

Posted by Soulskill on from the chip-on-their-shoulders dept.

Multiple users have notified us of reports that the Attorney General of New York has initiated an antitrust investigation of Intel. The EU served Intel with similar charges last July, and AMD has been battling Intel over antitrust issues for some time. Quoting the New York Times: "The subpoenas from Mr. Cuomo's office will seek internal memos, billing documents, and correspondence between Intel and its customers to determine whether the company engaged in a variety of anticompetitive practices, like penalized customers, primarily computer manufacturers, for purchasing processors from competitors or improperly paying customers to use Intel chips exclusively. Chuck Mulloy, a spokesman for Intel, said the company would comply with Mr. Cuomo's subpoena but denied any illegality."

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  1. Re:Why can't..... by nbert · · Score: 2, Informative
    That's a good point and I can only assume why it's a different case:
    1. There is no monopoly on Blue-Ray or HD-DVD. Both standards are provided by several companies
    2. Both standards offer different features. CPUs on the other hand basically perform the same tasks (ok, sometimes one of the two major manufacturers has a new instruction set, but they exchange patents regarding this to ensure interoperability)
    3. The global market for HD material is still quite small and we don't really depend on it. Both might be soft arguments, but regulation usually has a focus on essential industries
    Just a few thoughts...
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  2. Re:This is patent infringement! by Raul654 · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you think Spitzer didn't go after any New York based interests, you must not be paying attention. He ended up collecting huge fines from (among others) Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and Citigroup, all of which are based in New York City.

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    To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
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  3. Re:That's not exactly how it worked for us.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    In the 80's we were using a TI DSP chip that was popular. Supplies were allocated, which meant that the TI rep visited us and told us we would only get any of them if we bought all of our digital logic chips from TI as well. It's the way the sales guys do business.

  4. Re:you know by edxwelch · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes, it's ironicly right after the FTC rejected AMD's case against Intel http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/washington/22ftc.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin