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Intellectual Property

Jan. 30, 2020

Caltech wins $1.1 billion patent infringement judgment against Apple and Broadcom

The university took home a whopping award of damages in a case against the semiconductor and software manufacturer and celebrated tech giant on Wednesday.

After four years of litigation, inventors of multiple WiFi-related coding technologies from the California Institute of Technology on Wednesday won a $1.1 billion judgment against Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc.

Apple and Broadcom were accused of infringing on multiple patents for technology in billions of iPhones, iPads, Mac computers and smart watches that implemented Caltech's products without permission. Caltech's patents were issue...

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