Intel's billion-euro fight against antitrust fine threatens EU's winning streak

Luxembourg City

INTEL Corp's eight-year clash with the European Union over chip pricing has dragged on so long that the 1.06 billion euro (S$1.71 billion) antitrust fine, a record at the time, now seems like a distant memory.

But Wednesday's ruling in the case at the EU Court of Justice could be a blast from the past if it ends the European Commission's decades-long winning streak in cases about monopolies.