University of Wisconsin rebuffed as Apple fends off appeal of win in $506 million patent case
The University of Wisconsin’s efforts to overturn a previous court ruling in its favor against Apple have proven to be unsuccessful. A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday rejected the university’s request for a new trial in the long-standing dispute over computer processor technology.
This decision upholds a 2022 ruling that denied the university’s entitlement to a retrial, following a 2018 reversal of a previous jury verdict in its favor.
Reuters:
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the school’s patent licensing arm, sued Apple in 2014, arguing that chips used in iPhones and iPads violated its patent rights in technology for improving processor performance.
A Wisconsin jury awarded WARF $234 million in damages in 2015, and U.S. District Judge William Conley increased the award to more than $506 million in 2017.
The Federal Circuit overturned the jury’s patent infringement decision in 2018. WARF asked for a new trial in Wisconsin the next year.
Conley rejected WARF’s request in 2022. A unanimous three-judge Federal Circuit panel agreed with Conley on Wednesday.
MacDailyNews Take: Cue the sad trombone for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. Stick a fork in this legal saga; it’s done.
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