INTEL ANTITRUST SUIT DISMISSED.A federal district court judge in Birmingham, AL, Judge Edwin Nelson, dismissed the federal antitrust Antitrust The antitrust laws apply to virtually all industries and to every level of business, including manufacturing, transportation, distribution, and marketing. They prohibit a variety of practices that restrain trade. suit against Intel Corp. which was filed by Intergraph Corp., as not being "viable". The decision followed a recent appellate court A court having jurisdiction to review decisions of a trial-level or other lower court. An unsuccessful party in a lawsuit must file an appeal with an appellate court in order to have the decision reviewed. decision in Nov. 1999, to the effect that Intel had not abused its dominant position in the personal-computer microprocessor industry. The antitrust issue had been pending since 1997 when Intergraph had alleged that it had been "bullied" by Intel into giving up valuable patent rights in order to obtain access to microprocessor and chip related data essential to Intergraph's design work for computers. An earlier mandatory injunction Noun 1. mandatory injunction - injunction requiring the performance of some specific act cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment, injunction - (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; that impelled im·pel tr.v. im·pelled, im·pel·ling, im·pels 1. To urge to action through moral pressure; drive: I was impelled by events to take a stand. 2. To drive forward; propel. Intel to provide Intergraph with the disputed materials was overturned by the appellate court. However, the Federal Trade Commission continues to pursue a broader antitrust probe of Intel although it has settled its own significant antitrust complaints earlier. |
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