Apple #iPhones  patent case: Wisconsin university wins huge damages

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the patent licensing arm of the University of #Wisconsin-#Madison, said the verdict was important to guard its inventions from unauthorised use.

The jury had earlier decided that Apple incorporated patented microchip technology into some iPhones and iPads without permission.
Apple said it would appeal.
The company declined to comment further.

A US jury has ordered technology giant Apple to pay more than $234m (£152m) in damages for patent infringement.

The jury set the amount – about $165m less than the foundation had claimed – after about three hours of deliberations.
University of Wisconsin-Madison computer sciences professor Gurindar Sohi, one of the inventors of the microchip technology – designed to boost the performance of computer processors – was in the federal court in Madison, Wisconsin, for the decision.
“For Dr Sohi, I hope you felt that your invention was vindicated,” US District Judge William Conley said.
‘Seminal work’