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Intel-AMD trial date moved to Feb 2010 in US court
Thu Jun 5, 2008 5:50pm EDT

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - The trial date in the long-running legal battle between chip giant Intel Corp (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) was pushed back to February 2010, an AMD spokesman said on Thursday.

The two sides battled in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware over depositions on Thursday.

AMD has asked for 486 depositions for its side in hopes of proving that Intel broke the law in competing, while Intel has asked that each company be limited to 75 depositions, spokesmen for the two sides said.

The trial had been set for April 2009, but was pushed back to February 2010, an AMD spokesman said.

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.

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, while the New York state attorney general opened a formal probe into Intel 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)

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN0538731920080605?rpc=44

This trial may last for years .....
Meanwhile, Hector is in charge for gathering these
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(He could start with the SI AMD Moderated board)