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Title: Apple told to pay $308.5 million over digital rights management patent Post by: HCK on March 21, 2021, 04:05:21 pm Apple told to pay $308.5 million over digital rights management patent
"Cases like this, brought by companies that don't make or sell any products, stifle innovation and ultimately harm consumers" What you need to know Apple has been ordered to pay more than $300 million to Personalized Media Communications. A federal jury in Texas decided Apple had infringed on a digital rights management patent held by the company. Apple must pay more than $300 million to Personalized Media Communications after a Texas federal jury found it infringed one of its patents. From Bloomberg: Apple must pay $308.5 million to closely held Personalized Media Communications after a federal jury in Marshall, Texas, decided on Friday that the tech giant infringed a patent related to digital rights management. Personalized Media had sued claiming Apple infringed its patent with technology including FairPlay, which is used for the distribution of encrypted content from its iTunes, App Store and Apple Music applications. One expert for Sugar Land, Texas-based Personal... Source: Apple told to pay $308.5 million over digital rights management patent (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/Zhvmg1vxFcY/apple-told-pay-3085-million-over-digital-rights-management-patent) |