Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. v. Intel Corp.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. v. Intel Corp. was a private antitrust lawsuit filed by AMD against Intel in June 2005 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. AMD alleged that Intel used rebates to major PC manufacturers to push AMD and other competitors out of the market. The case was consolidated with thirteen other antitrust suits against Intel in November 2005 as part of multidistrict litigation. In July 2007, Judge Joseph Farnan Jr. largely denied Intel’s motion to dismiss, and the case continued with pretrial proceedings. By November 2009, Intel agreed to pay AMD about $1.25 billion to settle all outstanding disputes between the two companies. Separately, regulators worldwide investigated Intel for similar practices: the U.S. Federal Trade Commission pursued actions resulting in a 2010 settlement requiring changes to rebate practices; the European Commission fined Intel in 2009 (with later adjustments in 2023); and Korea and Japan also took actions against Intel. The case involved several PC makers, including Dell, HP, Gateway, Acer, Fujitsu, Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi.