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Aug 13 (Reuters) – A U.S. jury on Friday awarded Optis Wi-fi Technology LLC and several connected firms $300 million in damages after a 2d patent trial towards iPhone maker Apple Inc (AAPL.O).
A jury had previously stumbled on that Apple had infringed five Optis wireless regular mandatory patents and awarded $506 million in damages, nonetheless U.S. District Mediate Rodney Gilstrap in Marshall, Texas, vacated that award in April and ordered a brand contemporary trial to resolve the amount of damages.
In an announcement, Apple mentioned: “Optis makes no products and its sole business is to sue firms the utilization of patents they receive. We can proceed to defend towards their makes an are trying to extract unreasonable funds for patents they accomplish.”
Reporting by Stephen Nellis in San Francisco
Editing by Chris Reese and Sonya Hepinstall
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