Jury Finds Apple Infringed Upon University Of Wisconsin’s Patent

Back in 2014, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) took Apple to court claiming that the Cupertino company had infringed upon its patent. The patent in question is said to have to do with improving processing efficiency and to be more specific, the lawsuit found that Apple’s A7, A8, and A8X processors were the ones that infringed upon it.

Now according to a jury ruling, it seems that they have sided with the WARF in that Apple had indeed infringed upon the University’s patent.  According to a report from Reuters, this is a pretty big deal because it is possible that Apple could be facing damages as much as $862 million.

Granted Apple probably has the money to pay for it, but will be a pretty huge hit for the company. Prior to this, the company had attempted to invalidate the patent by getting the USPTO to review it, but the agency ultimately decided not to. Safe to say that Apple will most likely not be taking this lying down.

To make things worse, the WARF has since filed a second lawsuit against Apple, alleging that the company’s new A9 and A9X chipsets used in the iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, and the new iPads also infringed upon the same patent. Apple has yet to respond to the new lawsuit and jury ruling in question.

Tyler Lee
Categories: Apple, Cellphones, Tablets
Tags: Legal, SoC