Apple immediately received a victory in its ongoing patent infringement litigation with Texas-based patent troll Optis, stories Reuters.
The U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the Federal Circuit immediately threw out a previous jury verdict that will have pressured Apple to pay $300 million for infringing on standard-essential LTE patents owned by Optis.
When interesting the preliminary ruling from the Japanese District Court docket of Texas, Apple argued that the courtroom had not pretty separated the completely different patent claims that it allegedly violated, and solely requested the jurors to find out if Apple violated any patents. The federal appeals courtroom agreed with Apple, and mentioned that the district courtroom ruling supplied incorrect jury directions and violated Apple’s Seventh Modification proper to a jury trial on every patent infringement declare.
Apple and Optis will now return to courtroom for one more jury trial within the Japanese District of Texas. In a press release, Optis mentioned it believes it should in the end obtain honest compensation from the courtroom.
We stay extremely assured the Court docket will set up honest compensation for the crucial Optis patents that allow high-speed connectivity for tens of millions of Apple gadgets. Nothing on this choice challenges the basic info, which exhibit that Apple is infringing Optis patents and allow a brand new trial on damages. No patents had been discovered to be invalid by the U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
The authorized combat between Apple and Optis kicked off in 2019, when Optis claimed that Apple violated LTE patents owned by Optis. Optis was initially awarded $506 million in a 2020 trial, however after enchantment, the damages had been thrown out as a result of Optis is required to license standard-essential patents below honest and affordable phrases and $506 million didn’t meet that obligation.
The $300 million award that was thrown out immediately was the results of a second jury trial in 2021 that additionally present in Optis’ favor. As a patent holding firm, Optis doesn’t manufacture merchandise, as an alternative going after tech firms which will violate the patent portfolio that it owns.
Optis additionally filed infringement claims in opposition to Apple within the UK, and in Might 2025, Apple was ordered to pay $502 million plus curiosity after it was discovered to have violated Optis’ UK wi-fi patents. Apple can be interesting that ruling.
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