Federal Jury Rules Apple Infringed on University of Wisconsin Patent
October 13 2015 - 9:01PM
Dow Jones News
By Jack Nicas
A federal jury ruled Apple Inc. infringed on a University of
Wisconsin patent when developing processors for some recent iPhones
and iPads, the latest in a string of disputes over the technology
undergirding smartphones.
The jury in U.S. District Court in Madison, Wis., found that the
university's 1998 patent on improving efficiency in computer
processors is valid and that Apple illegally incorporated the
patent's technology in processors that help power some iPhones and
iPads.
The jury hasn't yet ruled on damages. Reuters reported U.S.
District Judge William Conley recently ruled Apple could be liable
for as much as $862.4 million.
Apple and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the
university's licensing arm and plaintiff in the case, didn't
respond to requests for comment.
In court documents, Apple said the patent was invalid and that
it didn't infringe on it.
The foundation sued Apple in January 2014. The group sued Apple
again last month for infringing on the patent in more recent
processors; that case is pending.
The foundation also sued Intel Corp. in 2008 for infringing on
the same patent, but the parties settled shortly before a scheduled
trial.
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