Several days ago it was reported that Apple was accused of infringing upon a patent owned by the University of Wisconsin. The patent in question was related to Apple’s A7, A8, and A8X chipsets, and when the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus was launched, it also include the A9 chipset as well.
The jury found in favor of the university and at that time, it was suggested that the damages they could be seeking could be as high as $862 million. Turns out that Apple will not have to pay that much. According to a report from Reuters, the court has instead ordered Apple to pay the University of Wisconsin $234 million in damages.
Safe to say that this is significantly much less than what was initially expected and what the University had asked for, but it is still a hefty sum. However despite it being a little more than a quarter of the original figure, Apple will still be appealing the decision so for all we know, Apple could end up paying much less or maybe if they’re really lucky, nothing at all.
For those unfamiliar, a lawsuit was filed against Apple with regards to the patent infringement back in 2014, in which they alleged that Apple had infringed upon a patent for a predictor circuit that was used in the A7, A8, and A8X chipsets. Apple had attempted to get the patent invalidated with no success, which ultimately led us to this situation today.