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Jury orders Apple to pay $234 million in iPhone chip patent case

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Apple must pay $234 million in damages for infringing a patent on technology that helped to speed up the chips in some models of iPhone and iPad, a jury in Wisconsin concluded Friday.</p><p>
The jury had found that Apple's A7, A8 and A8X processors used a processing technique developed at the University of Wisconsin in violation of a patent issued in 1998. The chips were used in Apple's iPhone 5s, 6 and 6 Plus and some iPads.</p><p>
Apple plans to appeal the verdict, according to Reuters.</p><p>
WARF filed its lawsuit (http://www.scribd.com/doc/284855940/WARF-complaint-against-Apple) against Apple last year. On Tuesday, the jury found the company liable (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2992639/apple-phone/apple-loses-patent-case-over-a7-chip-could-face-860-million-in-damages.html) for infringement of all six patent claims made in the case, the verdict form (http://www.scribd.com/doc/284855658/Jury-Verdict-Form-in-WARF-Apple-Patent-Case) shows. Apple had faced much higher potential damages, according to news reports.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2994457/legal/jury-orders-apple-to-pay-234-million-in-iphone-chip-patent-case.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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