When the Chips are Down: Some Reflections on the European Commission's Intel Decision

This paper provides an analysis of the Commission’s Intel Decision and is structured as follows. Section II gives some introductory thoughts on the general legal and economic framework with respect to abuse of dominance cases. Section III goes on to describe the legal and economic framework of the Decision, whilst Section IV looks at certain issues relating to the Decision’s factual findings. Section V addresses a number of issues relating to the harm resulting from Intel’s conduct and Section VI then briefly examines the fine. Section VII concludes.