Posted on 10/16/2015 10:09:40 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
NEW YORK - Apple Inc could be facing up to $862 million in damages after a U.S. jury on Tuesday found the iPhone maker used technology owned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's licensing arm without permission in chips found in many of its most popular devices.
The jury in Madison, Wisconsin also said the patent, which improves processor efficiency, was valid. The trial will now move on to determine how much Apple owes in damages.
Representatives for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and Apple could not immediately be reached for comment.
WARF sued Apple in January 2014 alleging infringement of its 1998 patent for improving chip efficiency.
The jury was considering whether Apple's A7, A8 and A8X processors, found in the iPhone 5s, 6 and 6 Plus, as well as several versions of the iPad, violate the patent.
Cupertino, California-based Apple denied any infringement and argued the patent is invalid, according to court papers. Apple previously tried to convince the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to review the patent's validity, but in April the agency rejected the bid.
According to a recent ruling by U.S. District Judge William Conley, who is presiding over the case, Apple could be liable for up to $862.4 million in damages.
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Live by the patent die by the patent.
Of course this is chump change for Apple.
Old news.
Awesome. Publicly funded patent trolling. It’s an ingenious way to raise the corporate tax revenues, I suppose.
Nope. Not $862M. 1/3 of that, at most, now.
Judge: University of Wisconsin’s patent licensing body will not be able to extract triple damages from Apple for using microchip technology without permission - @Reuters
If the processor’s name is offensive, the Patent Office will void the patent without being asked.
$862 million? Chump change for Apple. Write the University a check and make this one go away.
I had a little trouble not laughing while I typed that.
Actually, it means that Scott Walker can cut more funding to the University. That is a win for Wisconsin taxpayers
Good one!
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