A U.S. jury has ordered Apple to pay $234 million for infringing on a University of Wisconsin-Madison patent, Reuters reports.
The company was facing up to $862 million in damages for using the university’s microchip technology in the A7, A8 and A8X processors found in the iPhone 5s, 6 and 6 Plus and several versions of the iPad, but U.S. District Judge William Conley limited the damages, ruling that Apple had not willfully infringed on the university’s patent.
Apple has vowed to appeal the verdict, claiming that the patent entitles the university to as little as 7 cents per device sold, in contrast to the university’s request for $2.74 per device. The university has also filed a second lawsuit claiming similar grievances over Apple’s use of the same patent in processors found inside the iPad Pro, iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.
