Apple Loses Patent Suit To University of Wisconsin, Faces Huge Damages (reuters.com)

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @11:42PM from the an-apple-a-day-does-not-keep-the-patent-lawyers-away dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Apple has frequently been in the news for various patent battles, but it's usually against one of their competitors. This time, Apple is on the losing end, and they're losing to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A jury found that the university's patent on improving processor efficiency (5,781,752) was valid, and Apple's A7, A8, and A8X chips infringed upon it. Those chips are found within recent iPhone and iPad models, which generated huge amounts of money. Because of the ruling, Apple could be liable for up to $826.4 million in damages, to be determined by later phases of the trial.

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Re:Love that this is modded troll by drinkypoo · 2015-10-14 01:16 · Score: 2, Funny

I am not an apple fanboy, but I have to say that any post bitching about "one mouse button" in 2015 should automatically get a -1.
Ah, but is it a troll, or flamebait? Since you're not an apple fanboy and it's 2015 you should be able to tell the difference.

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