Apple to appeal $300 million bill over patent infringement"Optis makes no products and its sole business is to sue companies using patents they accumulate. We will continue to defend against their attempts to extract unreasonable payments for patents they acquire"
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A court has slapped Apple with a $300 million bill over patent infringements
A jury found the company owed Optis Technology the figure over 4G wireless technology patents.
Apple plans to appeal the ruling.
Apple says it plans to appeal a $300 million patent bill handed down to the company by a Texas jury in a dispute with a patent troll over wireless technology.
In a ruling Friday a jury decided that Apple owed $300 million to Optis Technology over alleged patent infringements dated between February 25, 2019, and August 3, 2020.
As Bloomberg notes this is less than a ruling of $506 million given by a different jury last year, but Apple still isn't happy and plans to appeal. In a statement, the company said "We thank the jury for their time but are di...
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Apple to appeal $300 million bill over patent infringement
