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Apple Ordered To Pay UW $506M In Patent Infringement Case

Frederica Freyberg:

Now to other news of the week in our Wisconsin look, Foxconn is known for making products for many electronics firms including Apple. And this week Apple was also in the Wisconsin headlines. That’s because a federal judge ordered Apple, Inc. to pay more than a half billion dollars to the University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation for patent infringement. Back in 2015, a jury found Apple guilty of using WARF’s patented technology in their iPhones and iPads. And ordered Apple to pay WARF $243 million. After the verdict, Apple continued using WARF’s technology which remained under a patent until last December. As a result, the judge ordered Apple to pay WARF an additional $272 million.