Qualcomm Attempt to Cast Intel as Hypocrite Backfires in Antitrust Trial
- Lively Intel executive proves difficult witness in FTC case
- Intel contends Qualcomm muscled it out of Apple chip contracts
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Qualcomm Inc.’s lawyers saw a chance to score some points in a government antitrust case against the chipmaker by making an example of rival Intel Corp. as a company accused of abusing its dominance of an industry. They were wrong.
After an interrogation of Intel’s chief strategy officer largely backfired this week, a Qualcomm attorney on Friday declined a judge’s invitation to bring Aicha Evans back to the witness stand as a non-jury trial brought by the Federal Trade Commission moved into its fourth day of testimony.