Apple guilty of violating a patent to an American university – Europe1

Europe 1 CM with AFP Published at 7:18, October 14, 2015 , Modified at 7:22, October 14, 2015

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By CM with AFP

The US computer company Apple was found guilty of violation of a patent held by the University of Wisconsin and covering technologies built into its iPhone and iPad, which could cost him dearly

Computer processors. After a trial started in early last week in Wisconsin, the jury felt that the Apple brand had violated this patent, which concerns ways to improve the efficiency and performance of computer processors, according to their decision consulted by AFP Tuesday.

$ 800 million penalty. In its complaint, filed early 2014, the university argued that these technologies were integrated “unauthorized manner” in A7 processor of the iPhone 5S, iPad Air and iPad Mini Retina screen out the previous year. Apple had tried to prove that the patent at issue was invalid, an argument that the jury rejected. The amount of damage caused by the Apple brand remains to be determined but according to US media, the university would claim more than $ 800 million.

Usually the side of the prosecution . The group itself has filed lawsuits for patent infringement against several other major players in the technology sector, one of the most followed showdown is the one that opposes the US courts South Korean group Samsung, its biggest rival in the market for smartphones and tablets.