From CNET: Apple could be forced to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars in damages after losing a patent lawsuit over its processors.
The case relates to Apple's A7, A8 and A8X processors, used in the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, and various iPads. In the latest of many patent disputes for Apple, a jury agreed that the company infringed a 1998 patent held by the University of Wisconsin. Apple now faces damages of up to $862 million (around £560 million or AU$1.1 billion).
The case was brought in January 2014 by Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the University of Wisconsin-Madison's body for licensing technology invented by the university's researchers. Apple claims the patent is invalid and had previously tried to persuade the US Patent and Trademark Office to review it, but the jury in Madison, Wisconsin ruled that the patent was valid and that Apple had indeed infringed it.
Patents have been a battleground for Apple and rival Samsung in courtrooms around the world over the past few years. In 2012 Samsung was ordered to pay more than $1 billion to Apple, but after various appeals, the two companies are set to return to court in 2016 to rethink the damages. The twists and turns of the international legal battle include a ruling in the UK that Apple must post a public apology to Samsung for its claims.
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