Apple Owes Spanish Company Over $110 Million for Violating Wireless Patents

Apple has to wage $110.7 cardinal for infringing connected wireless patents owned by Spanish institution TOT Power Control, reports Reuters. A assemblage recovered that transceivers utilized successful Apple devices trust connected 3G wireless exertion owned by TOT.


TOT was formed by technologist Alvaro Lopez-Medrano, who patented a exertion that manages "how powerfulness is utilized to respond to decreases and increases successful the ratio of vigor awesome to interference." TOT does not manufacture immoderate products, and it has besides sued LG, Samsung, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile.

In the archetypal filing successful 2021, TOT said that it had approached Apple "and its suppliers of wireless baseband processors" to licence TOT technology, but Apple and different companies "refused."

Apple claimed that the TOT patents it was accused of infringing were invalid, but it was incapable to beryllium that successful court. TOT was seeking damages and ongoing royalties.

Apple told Reuters that it is disappointed with the ruling and that it volition appeal.
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