Los Angeles just ordered Apple and Broadcom to pay $1.1 billion for patent infringement
By MYBRANDBOOK
Apple and Broadcom has been ordered by a Los Angeles jury to pay $1.1 billion to a California University for infringing wifi technology patents. It is considered to be one of the largest patent verdicts ever.
In the order, Apple has to pay $837 million and Broadcom must pay $270 million to the California Institute of Technology.
Caltech had sued both tech giants in 2016, alleging that Apple products including iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches used Broadcom components that infringed on its patents related to wireless data transmissions.
While Broadcom made the chips at issue in the trial, jurors may have hit Apple with a bigger tab by because it makes billions of dollars selling iPhones and other devices that incorporate the technology.
Both Apple and Broadcom planned to appeal the verdict.
In court documents, Apple and Broadcom had said Caltech's claims "are based solely on the incorporation of allegedly infringing Broadcom chips in Apple's iPhone, Mac, and other devices."
"Broadcom manufactures the accused chips, while Apple is merely an indirect downstream party whose products incorporate the accused chips," court filings argued.
Broadcom was the main target of the lawsuit but Apple was also named as it is one of Broadcom's biggest customers.
Caltech welcomed the ruling.
"As a nonprofit institution of higher education, Caltech is committed to protecting its intellectual property in furtherance of its mission to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education," the institute said.
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