4G LTE remains an expensive headache for Apple
In the decision of the US Federal Court of Appeal on June 16, the decision of 2022, which led to the request of Apple to pay $ 300 million in the form of OPTIS compensation, should effectively bounce to the court in Texas. Reuters reports that a new test is required from a procedural problem that influenced the result.
According to a group of three judges, the problem was how the US District Judge Rodney Gilstep created the form used by the swearing to record his verdict.
at that time both Apple and Optis turned for a broken shape so that the question of whether Apple violated patents based on each patent. Nevertheless, instead, Gilstrape asked one question about whether Apple violated patents.
The Court of Appeal explains that the form of a single question has deprived Apple the right to verdict for each legal claim against it. The use of one question meant the answer applied to all claims, and not just one.
If Apple violated any patents in general, the jury should say “yes” using all claims.
In response, the judges instructed the vacation for a re-trial for the new trial.
After the decision, the representative of Optis said that the company is still “sure that it would receive fair compensation for cases of violation of the patent. Apple has not yet commented on this issue.
millions and millions
the trial dates back to 2019 when Optis filed an Apple with seven patents related to hundredths confrontations LTE. A year later, Apple failed in court, and she was ordered to pay $ 506.2 million. USA OPTIS.
By April 2021, Apple managed to get a repeated trial in the sentence due to “serious doubt” about the verdict. Again, there was a belief that the dispute was “spoiled” from how the jury was instructed.
At that time the jury did not say what the terms of Frana were, that Gilstram said that he cast doubt on the reliability of the verdict. Nevertheless, it was decided that re -treatment would not determine whether the Apple violated patents, but more to adjust the level of debt of losses.
In May 2022, re-treatment has led to a reduction in the indicator by $ 300 million, which was exempted by the federal appeal court.
The date of the re-trial has not yet been set.
even if the Optis lawsuit cannot get any money, the company will still win. In May, the UK appeal court announced Apple Optis payment in the amount of $ 56.43 million. The USA plus interest was too low, and that Apple instead should pay $ 502 million.
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