Washington .- A US federal jury he found Apple guilty of infringing a patented technology owned by an affiliate of the University of Wisconsin, a violation for which the company may be forced to pay more than $ 862 million, according to collect today several specialized media foundation.
According to the technology portal CNET, Tuesday the jury of the district court based in Madison (Wisconsin) ruled in favor of the foundation that protects the intellectual property of the University of Wisconsin, who sued Apple in early 2014.
In the lawsuit, the foundation alleged that Apple used patented technology in 1998 by the University of Wisconsin, inserted in several of its models of iPad and iPhone processors.
The jury ruled in favor of the foundation and is pending its decision on the amount you must pay Apple for infringing that patent, something for which the applicants claim up to 862.4 million dollars.
On that same patent, the foundation also sued the company Intel in 2008 and the case was settled the following year for an undisclosed sum.
Apple is immersed for years in a legal battle with the South Korean company Samsung for patent issues.
Recently, a federal appeals court US Samsung said that Apple violated several patents, but the overall picture of the iPhone.
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