Apple may pay a fine of $ 862.4 million for patent infringement

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Apple is found guilty of illegally using proprietary technologies to create A7, A8 and A8X processors installed in Phone 5s, 6, 6 Plus and some iPad models. The technologies in question were used by Apple to improve the efficiency of the processor, the patent for this development belongs to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Reuters writes . The decision on the guilt of Apple made by the court on October 13.

Now Apple will have to pay compensation to the university, and the amount of the fine, according to district judge William Conley, could be more than $ 860 million. The company will have to pay the maximum penalty if the court finds the patent infringement to be intentional rather than random. Within the framework of consideration of this case several more court sessions will be held.

Litigation was conducted after representatives of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation accused Apple of patent infringement. The technology, which the corporation illegally used, was patented back in 1998, and the patent was declared valid during the trial.