The US District Court for the District of Delaware refused to allow the suit - which originated as two dozen individual cases - to gain class-action status.More info at TG Daily.
Customers had alleged that Intel was using discounts to deter manufacturers from using AMD chips.
But court official Vincent Poppiti, brought in as a 'special master' to review the allegations, said that the discounts helped keep prices down. Many manufacturers, he said, passed the savings on to consumers.
Court concludes Intel marketing practices did not hurt consumers
Posted on Friday, July 30 2010 @ 20:59 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck