Apple will pay U $ S 234 million for violating a patent technology – Herald Tribune

Apple was sentenced by the jury of the US District Court in Madison to pay a fine of 234 million dollars (206 million euros) for violating a patent on the manufacturing technology of the A7 chip with 64-bit architecture, which belongs to an associate at the University of Wisconsin Foundation.

 

 

 As recalled, the house studies denounced US company in early 2014 to use technology effectively installed in the iPhone 5S and iPad Air without asking permission. The lawsuit filed by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) was based on these models benefited from a patented technology in 1998 by the University.

 

 This right corresponds to the number 5781752 I used to give greater efficiency and performance processors and is defined as “management circuit boards based computers with parallel processing data” created Sohi Gurindar investigator in 1998. Moreover, it is not the first time that the American brand has claims over the issue.

 

  The jury ruled in favor of the Wisconsin , but lowered the figure who wanted the plaintiffs and were around US $ 862 million (759 million euros). Apple knew of this patent and tried to prove that there was. In 2008 the same instituciónenjuició to Intel for the same reason; however, both sides reached a mutual agreement.