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The Federal Court in Madison – Wisconsin state capital – has ordered Apple Inc. to pay $ 234 million for infringement of the patent, which was registered in 1998, according to The Business Insider. Initially, the plaintiffs demanded compensation of $ 400 million.
According to the prosecution, the corporation without a permit to use the technology of creating microchips developed in the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Violations affected processors that are equipped with the iPhone models 5s, 6 and 6 Plus, as well as some version of the tablet iPad. Patent technology allows you to optimize the CPU and reduce energy use.
The patented technology was developed by employees of the university, the rights to it belong to a private organization Alumni Research Foundation of the University of Wisconsin (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, WARF). Earlier, the court found the patent valid and determined that Apple actually violated the rights to it. The judge then said that the company faces a fine of up to $ 862 million, at the same time he noted that the amount of the fine may be increased, if it turns out that the company used the technology intentionally.
During the trial, Apple representatives denied any -or violations and alleged that the patent is invalid. The Corporation previously tried to persuade the US Patent Office to review the validity of the patent, but the agency rejected the proposal.
In 2008, WARF filed claims for violations of the same patent Intel, however, then to a public hearing is not reached, the dispute was resolved in the pretrial order.
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