CCI Penalises Tech Major for Discriminatory India-Only Warranty Policy on Desktop CPUs

Matrix Info Systems Pvt. Ltd. Vs Intel Corporation (Competition Commission of India) The Competition Commission of India (CCI) passed an order under Section 27 of the Competition Act, 2002, examining allegations that Intel Corporation abused its dominant position by introducing an India Specific Warranty Policy for its boxed microprocessors (BMPs) from 25.04.2016. The Informant, a parallel importer of Intel microprocessors, alleged that Intel restricted warranty services in India only to BMPs purchased from its authorised Indian distributors, thereby disadvantaging parallel importers and limit...