In the Android world, we’re used to hearing about Apple winning patent infringement cases – the most famous of course is Apple’s win over Samsung over the Galaxy S line of devices. With that in mind, we thought a story about Apple losing a patent infringement case would be infinitely more interesting. A U.S. court ruled this week that Apple infringed on a patent and has to pay the University of Wisconsin $234 million USD in damages because they used the university’s microchip technology in iPhones and iPads without permission.
Now, obviously $234 million is pocket change to Apple, especially considering Samsung is having to pay Apple just over half a billion dollars for the now infamous court trial, but the Managing Director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), Carl Gulbrandsen, appeared to be happy with the result, saying “the decision is great news”. This may or may not be the last time we hear from WARF and Apple as the university has taken out another lawsuit against Apple’s more recent devices, the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. At least somebody is sticking it to Apple.
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