You know I think it will be hard for Intel to avoid what has been coming in the US with the DOJ investigation that started under Bush. This article seems to gloss over the investigation that started under Bush that has really gone now where. I think that they might proceed with this case and find a judgment against the company, like other countries before the EU have done. The EU is not the first to find fault with Intel's business practices, so it not some problem with the EU.
I think a recent and good example is the release of the ION and how much of a problem NVidia is having getting their hands on the processor or Intel hypothesizing that they do not have the rights to develop chipsets for their processors since it outperforms the crap they sell soddered to these chips. Is that not be another abuse of their market power?
A similar veiled threat was leveled against AMD about the nondisclosed licensure of X86 technology. Where this ends up will be interesting since the manufacturing of these chips and license would bring pending legal action sooner than later. What would happen if they feel AMD is illegally making chips? How does this influence their market share? Intel would have a similar situation to Microsoft then I feel that got them in trouble for their monopolistic practices. I think they would have a hard time suing for enforcement that would require AMD to forfeit it's market share, leaving only Intel with the majority marketshare.
Anyway, whatever happens it seems pretty apparent that there is a big legal battle pending for Intel whether it be brought about by their own actions or by actions of others. The EU ruling will not really be any more significant than what happened in Korea or Japan as it relates to their US business practices. There may also be interesting implications for patents held by intel and whether anyone can truly hold something like the X86 rights that are so dominate in all aspects of a market. I think if something like this comes about it has major implications for all of the technological development in the US and significant may create revisions to patent laws.
I think a recent and good example is the release of the ION and how much of a problem NVidia is having getting their hands on the processor or Intel hypothesizing that they do not have the rights to develop chipsets for their processors since it outperforms the crap they sell soddered to these chips. Is that not be another abuse of their market power?
A similar veiled threat was leveled against AMD about the nondisclosed licensure of X86 technology. Where this ends up will be interesting since the manufacturing of these chips and license would bring pending legal action sooner than later. What would happen if they feel AMD is illegally making chips? How does this influence their market share? Intel would have a similar situation to Microsoft then I feel that got them in trouble for their monopolistic practices. I think they would have a hard time suing for enforcement that would require AMD to forfeit it's market share, leaving only Intel with the majority marketshare.
Anyway, whatever happens it seems pretty apparent that there is a big legal battle pending for Intel whether it be brought about by their own actions or by actions of others. The EU ruling will not really be any more significant than what happened in Korea or Japan as it relates to their US business practices. There may also be interesting implications for patents held by intel and whether anyone can truly hold something like the X86 rights that are so dominate in all aspects of a market. I think if something like this comes about it has major implications for all of the technological development in the US and significant may create revisions to patent laws.
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