Intel scored a win after the European Union’s top court ruled antitrust officials in the bloc could not reimpose a penalty of $1.14 billion on the company over alleged anticompetitive practices in the market for computer chips in a long-running case.

The EU’s Court of Justice ruled that regulators failed to prove the U.S. company doled out illegal rebates to PC makers that agreed to buy most of their chips from Intel.

Europe's top court confirmed the dismissal of the EU's $1.1 billion fine on the U.S. chipmaker. Intel is still appealing a second penalty the commission imposed.

EU Court of Justice, Europe's top court, ruled in favour of Intel, ending a nearly two decade-long fight between the U.S. chipmaker and EU regulators who had said it had tried to thwart a rival. The European Commission had fined Intel for giving rebates to computer makers Dell,

The EU accused Intel of hindering competition in the 2000s by giving rebates to computer makers if they bought at least 95 per cent of PC chips from Intel

Intel has been granted relief in a long-held EU antitrust case that spanned over 15 years.

The EU Court of Justice has upheld a previous judgment, which had ruled in favour of Intel, dismissing a €1.06bn fine.

Chipmaker Intel has won a fresh victory in a long-running battle against European Union competition watchdogs after the bloc’s top court confirmed a lower tribunal’s decision to overturn a billion-eur

Conditional rebates settled, but $400M matter of naked restrictions remains Intel has a spot of good news for a change. The EU Court of Justice has upheld an earlier ruling that canceled a €1.06 billion ($1.