Europe’s Court of First Instance on Tuesday rejected an appeal Intel filed in October to delay a European Commission’s antitrust probe into its business practices.
Intel now has missed an EC filing deadline. (EC headquarters shown)
Intel had sough the delay in responding to charges it paid rebates to a major retailer to urge it not to carry computers with chips from rival Advanced Micro Devices. The EC also claims Intel paid a computer manufacturer to delay the launch of a product line with AMD chips.
The chip maker had wanted access to additional documents in order to defend itself. The company has maintained that its business procedures are lawful and just.
The court rejected Intel’s request saying Intel could defend itself without the extra information. The company has now missed the October deadline to respond to the EC claims.
