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To: Brian Malloy who wrote (33255)	11/8/1999 4:37:00 PM
From: Alan Buckley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

A positive appeals court ruling on anti-trust today. The higher courts are much more sensitive to the ridiculous precedents established by too-broad interpretations of the anti-trust laws. Don't be surprised if Jackson's blathering is overturned (again). Some of the better quotes excerpted below. ---- WSJ: Intel Wins Round vs. Intergraph As Injunction Gets Overturned interactive.wsj.com A federal appeals court handed Intel Corp. a major victory in its antitrust litigation with Intergraph Corp., overturning a lower-court injunction that required Intel to continue conducting business with Intergraph. [...] "Intel's market power in the microprocessor market is irrelevant to the issues of this case ..." the appeals court ruled. Antitrust law "does not convert all harsh commercial actions [such as cutting off Intergraph] into antitrust violations." "This is an important milestone in defining the boundaries between intellectual-property disputes and antitrust matters," said Peter Detkin, vice president of litigation at Intel. "Basically the court is saying it is not its job to level the playing field in the course of a legal negotiation."