Intel Wants $625 Million in Interest From the EU After Overturned Antitrust Fine

Back in January, Intel overturned an antitrust ruling by the EU and didn’t have to pay the $1.2 billion fine, but it seems like the company isn’t satisfied with getting out of having to pay a huge fine, but is now asking the EU to compensate the company for interest lost. As such, Intel has filed for “payment of compensation and consequential interest for the damage sustained because of the European Commissions refusal to pay Intel default interest” with the EU General Court. The sum of money Intel is asking for is based on the European Central Bank’s refinancing rate and as the original fine was levied back in 2009, Intel claims they’re owed more than half of the value of the fine.

Intel is also expecting further interest on the money, if the payment is late from the EU. It should be noted that the European Commission has already paid Intel €38 million in interest on the fine that was paid back in 2009, but Intel is clearly not happy and is asking for a much greater sum. However, the battle between the European Commission and Intel isn’t over, as the Commission is working on appealing the ruling, so depending on the outcome of that appeal, Intel might have to pay back the fine to the EU. For those that don’t remember the original reason for the antitrust fine, Intel was accused of giving rebates to certain partners and system integrators to make sure they didn’t use AMD products in their systems, among other things.