Intel-AMD Trial Delayed To 2010 In U.S. Court

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In the lawsuit originally filed in 2005, AMD accused Intel
of giving computer makers illegal discounts and retaliating
against manufacturers who used AMD chips or stores that gave
significant shelf space to computers with AMD chips.

Intel has denied any wrongdoing.

The two sides will split 250 days to depose witnesses, with
AMD getting slightly more than Intel, said AMD attorney Chuck
Diamond and Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy, both of whom were at
a hearing at the U.S. District Court for the District of
Delaware in Wilmington.

The trial had been set for April 2009, but was pushed back
to Feb. 20, 2010, said Diamond.

AMD had asked the court for 486 depositions in hopes of
proving that Intel broke the law in competing with AMD. Intel
sought to limit each company to 75 depositions.

Intel will also be required to produce Edward Ho, an Intel
employee in China, for a deposition, said Diamond and Mulloy
by telephone. AMD hopes that Ho's testimony will help them
prove their case.

Also Thursday, the Korea Fair Trade Commission in Seoul
said Intel abused its dominant position in the local market and
ordered a fine of $25.6 million. Intel said it would almost
certainly appeal

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has an informal probe
underway into whether Intel abused its dominant position, while
the New York state attorney general opened a formal probe in
January.

Last July, the European Commission in Brussels charged
Intel with selling chips below cost and offering customers huge
rebates in an illegal attempt to drive AMD out of the market.

In Japan, the Fair Trade Commission concluded in 2005 that
Intel violated the antimonopoly act. Intel disagreed with the
findings but accepted the commission's recommendation, a move
that avoided a trial.
(Reporting by Diane Bartz; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe and Tim
Dobbyn)
By: Diane Bartz

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