The Sunnyvale company is happy to note that a recent ruling in the Tokyo District Court will give it more ammuniation in its ongoing court case against Intel. Materials confiscated in searches by the Fair Trade Commission of Japan (JFTC) during raids at Intel and third-party hardware manufacturer offices in Japan can be used by AMD in its ongoing lawsuit against the chip giant. Intel took the opportunity to discredit the actual usefulness of the materials obtained by AMD:

"Once again AMD has mischaracterized and exaggerated the impact of a procedural ruling which does not in any way address the merits of AMD's claim," says Chuck Molloy, a corporate spokesman for legal affairs at Intel. "Our only interest in respect to the documents is to ensure that Intel and our customers' confidential information and trade secrets are protected ... AMD's claims of [Intel] hiding materials are absurd."

This news article was written on December 18, 2005, quoting InformationWeek.