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Apple sentenced to $ 500 million in damages for patent infringement

The Californian giant, whose market capitalization approaches $ 2,000 billion, will appeal the decision, according to specialized American media.

PanOptis, a company specializing in licensing the use of patents, sued Apple in February 2019. It accused the iPhone manufacturer of refusing to pay commissions for the use of certain technologies related to 4G LTE ( mobile telephony standard) in its devices (smartphones, tablets and connected watches).

“The plaintiffs have tried several times to negotiate with Apple to reach an agreement on” reasonable and non-discriminatory “license costs for the patents that Apple infringes,” the initial complaint states. “The negotiations have failed because Apple refuses to pay licensing costs.”

According to legal information sites, Apple tried to argue that the patents were invalid, without convincing the jury.

Apple is not its first setback in this Texas jurisdiction, which has already ruled twice in favor of another company specializing in licensing, VirnetX, to the tune of several hundred million dollars.

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