Apple Saves $300 Million After Appeals Court Win in LTE Patent Fight

Apple contiguous won a triumph successful its ongoing patent infringement litigation with Texas-based patent troll Optis, reports Reuters.


The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit contiguous threw retired a anterior assemblage verdict that would person forced Apple to wage $300 cardinal for infringing connected standard-essential LTE patents owned by Optis.

When appealing the archetypal ruling from the Eastern District Court of Texas, Apple argued that the tribunal had not reasonably separated the antithetic patent claims that it allegedly violated, and lone asked the jurors to find if Apple violated any patents. The national appeals tribunal agreed with Apple, and said that the territory tribunal ruling provided incorrect assemblage instructions and violated Apple's Seventh Amendment close to a assemblage proceedings connected each patent infringement claim.

Apple and Optis volition present instrumentality to tribunal for different assemblage proceedings successful the Eastern District of Texas.

The ineligible combat betwixt Apple and Optis kicked disconnected successful 2019, erstwhile Optis claimed that Apple violated LTE patents owned by Optis. Optis was initially awarded $506 cardinal successful a 2020 trial, but aft appeal, the damages were thrown retired due to the fact that Optis is required to licence standard-essential patents nether just and tenable presumption and $506 cardinal did not conscionable that obligation.

The $300 cardinal grant that was thrown retired contiguous was the effect of a 2nd assemblage proceedings successful 2021 that besides recovered successful Optis' favor. As a patent holding company, Optis does not manufacture products, alternatively going aft tech companies that whitethorn interruption the patent portfolio that it owns.

Optis besides filed infringement claims against Apple successful the UK, and successful May 2025, Apple was ordered to pay $502 cardinal positive involvement aft it was recovered to person violated Optis' UK wireless patents. Apple is besides appealing that ruling.
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