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LAWSUIT TO UNIV. OF WISCONSIN, FACES HEFTY DAMAGES

Apple loses patent lawsuit to Univ. of Wisconsin, faces


hefty damages
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Reuters:AppleInccouldbefacingupto$862millionindamagesafteraUSjuryonTuesdayfound
theiPhonemakerusedtechnologyownedbytheUniversityofWisconsinMadisonslicensingarm
withoutpermissioninchipsfoundinmanyofitsmostpopulardevices.
ThejuryinMadison,Wisconsinalsosaidthepatent,whichimprovesprocessorefficiency,wasvalid.
ThetrialwillnowmoveontodeterminehowmuchAppleowesindamages.Representativesforthe
WisconsinAlumniResearchFoundation(WARF)andApplecouldnotimmediatelybereachedfor
comment.
WARFsuedAppleinJanuary2014alleginginfringementofits1998patentforimprovingchip
efficiency.ThejurywasconsideringwhetherApplesA7,A8andA8Xprocessors,foundintheiPhone
5s,6and6Plus,aswellasseveralversionsoftheiPad,violatethepatent.
Cupertino,CaliforniabasedAppledeniedanyinfringementandarguedthepatentisinvalid,according
tocourtpapers.ApplepreviouslytriedtoconvincetheUSPatentandTrademarkOfficetoreviewthe
patentsvalidity,butinApriltheagencyrejectedthebid.
AccordingtoarecentrulingbyUSDistrictJudgeWilliamConley,whoispresidingoverthecase,Apple
couldbeliableforupto$862.4millionindamages.Hescheduledthetrialtoproceedinthreephases:
liability,damages,andfinally,whetherAppleinfringedthepatentwilfully,whichcouldleadtoenhanced
penalties.
WARFusedthepatenttosueIntelCorpin2008,butthecasewassettledthefollowingyearontheeve
oftrial.
Lastmonth,WARFlaunchedasecondlawsuitagainstApple,thistimetargetingthecompanysnewest
chips,theA9andA9X,usedinthejustreleasediPhone6Sand6SPlus,aswellastheiPadPro.The
caseisWisconsinAlumniResearchFoundationv.AppleIncintheUSDistrictCourtfortheWestern
DistrictofWisconsin,No.14cv62.

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