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Register.
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For its part, the chip giant said the US court has no
jurisdiction in the matter. AMD, it said, has accused it of
damaging the smaller chip maker's overseas sales, not sales made in
the US. AMD's anti-trust action arises out of anti-competitive
actions it maintains Intel took against it in Japan.
"Before subjecting Intel to the burden of defending its foreign
business practices in a US court, AMD must meet the burden of
establishing that this court has subject matter jurisdiction over
AMD's foreign commerce claims," Intel said in a document submitted
to the court.
AMD said in response that the case centres on actions allegedly
perpetrated by one US company on another, and that makes the US
court the ideal forum for the complaint to the aired and judged. It
also maintained that Intel's alleged anti-competitive actions have
global consequences. If the US consumer is affected, AMD has a
right to pursue the case in a US court.
"Intel’s global exclusionary practices fall easily within the
purview of US anti-trust laws and we expect that Intel’s motion
will be denied," AMD said in a statement.
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