Intel Wins Court Fight Over EU’s Historic $1.1 Billion Fine

  • Top court sides with chipmaker in landmark EU competition case
  • Separate appeal over a revised EU penalty is still ongoing
Intel Corp. headquarters in Santa Clara, California.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Intel Corp. won the latest round of an epic legal battle with the European Union over a case that led to a once-record antitrust fine of €1.06 billion ($1.1 billion).

The EU’s Court of Justice ruled that regulators failed to prove the US company doled out illegal rebates to PC makers that agreed to buy most of their chips from Intel.