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Published 9 years ago by KondoR with 3 Comments
by KondoR
9 years ago 3

Apple ordered to pay $533-million for patent infringement

Apple Inc has been ordered to pay $532.9 million after a federal jury found its iTunes software infringed three patents owned by Texas-based patent licensing company Smartflash LLC. Though Smartflash had been asking for $852 million in damages, the verdict, which came late Tuesday night, was still a costly blow for the U.S. tech giant, the most valuable company in the world.

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  • Gozzin
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    Apple immediately announced plans to appeal and said the case shows the need for Congress to reform the U.S. patent system.

    People have been saying this for years,but i doubt it will happen.

    9 years ago
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  • Chubros
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    Anyone who sells enough digital goods gets sued by patent trolls.

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  • drank
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    Apple called someone else a patent troll? Ohhhh the irony.

    9 years ago
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