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Title: Apple loses patent case over A7 chip, could face $860 million in damages Post by: HCK on October 16, 2015, 03:00:11 am Apple loses patent case over A7 chip, could face $860 million in damages
<article> <section class="page"> <p>A jury on Tuesday decided that Apple’s A7 smartphone chip infringes a patent owned by the University of Wisconsin, and the iPhone maker could now be on the hook for as much as $862 million in damages.</p><p>The lawsuit (https://www.scribd.com/doc/284855940/WARF-complaint-against-Apple) was filed early last year and accused Apple of using a processor technology developed by university researchers in Apple’s A7 chip, which was used in its newest products at the time, including the iPhone 5S and iPad Air.</p><p>The jury began hearing the case last week, and on Tuesday it found Apple liable for infringement of all six patent claims, the verdict form shows (https://www.scribd.com/doc/284855658/Jury-Verdict-Form-in-WARF-Apple-Patent-Case).</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2992639/apple-phone/apple-loses-patent-case-over-a7-chip-could-face-860-million-in-damages.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple loses patent case over A7 chip, could face $860 million in damages (http://www.macworld.com/article/2992639/apple-phone/apple-loses-patent-case-over-a7-chip-could-face-860-million-in-damages.html#tk.rss_all) |