Apple loses patent infringement suit
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University cannot get triple damages in patent fight with Apple
NEW YORK | BY ANDREW CHUNGOct 16 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's patent licensing body will not be able to extract triple damages from Apple as a jury weighs how much the iPhone maker must pay for using its microchip technology without permission, a U.S. judge ruled on Thursday.
On Tuesday, a federal jury in Madison, Wisconsin said Apple Inc infringed a Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) patent which helps improve the performance of computer processors. The foundation is claiming approximately $400 million in damages.
With a verdict on damages that could come as early as today, U.S. District Judge William Conley said in his ruling that WARF could not prove that Apple infringed its patent willfully. It is a welcome development for Apple, which no longer risks having the damage award increased by up to three times, which is allowed in federal law for recklessly infringing a patent.
Apple raised a reasonable defense in the case, Conley said, and WARF "has failed to show by clear and convincing evidence that Apple acted despite an objectively high likelihood that its actions constituted infringement of a valid patent."
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) also Had the original patent for “warfarin,” the blood thinner.
Apple ordered to pay $234 million to university for infringing patent
Apple says they will appeal.
Apple has billions stashed overseas that it does not want to pay US tax on. If it brings some home it can easily pay the few billion to settle this lawsuit/ Steve Jobs would have paid them off years ago/
Apple honchos are too busy planning and preparing thier floats for next springs rounds of gay pride parades