Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc. must pay $1.1 billion in damages for infringing California Institute of Technology patents on Wi-Fi technology, a jury in California ordered. Apple was ordered to pay $837.8 million while Broadcom was hit with a $270.2-million verdict, according to lawyers for Caltech. It’s the biggest jury verdict of any kind so far this year, and the sixth-largest patent verdict of all time, according to Bloomberg data. Caltech filed the lawsuit in 2016 and named iPhones, iPads, iPods, Apple Watches, Mac computers, HomePod smart speakers and the since-discontinued AirPort wireless routers as devices using the infringing Broadcom components. The verdict against Apple marks one of the biggest against the Cupertino, Calif.-based technology giant in its history.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 30, 2020 03:45 UTC