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Apple faces $862M fine after losing processor patent dispute

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Apple faces $862M fine after losing processor patent dispute
A federal jury has ruled that Apple infringed on a patent held by the University of Wisconsin relating to chips the company uses in its iPhones and iPads.

Apple could be forced to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars in damages after losing a patent lawsuit over its processors.

The case relates to Apple's A7, A8 and A8X processors used in the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and various iPads. In the latest of many patent disputes for Apple, a US District Court jury agreed Tuesday that the company infringed on a 1998 patent held by the University of Wisconsin. Apple now faces damages of up to $862 million (around £560 million or AU$1.1 billion).

The suit was filed in January 2014 by Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the University of Wisconsin at Madison's body for licensing technology invented by the university's researchers. Apple claimed that the patent was invalid and had previously tried to persuade the US Patent and Trademark Office to review it, but the jury in Madison, Wisconsin, decided that the patent was valid and that Apple had infringed on it.

Patents have been a battleground for Apple and rival Samsung in courtrooms around the world over the past several years. In 2012, Samsung was ordered to pay more than $1 billion to Apple. After various appeals, the two companies are set to return to court in 2016 to rehash the damages. The twists and turns of the international legal battle include a ruling in the UK that Apple must post a public apology to Samsung for its claims.

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