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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

Apple wins reversal in University of Wisconsin patent lawsuit [reuters.com]

Apple Inc persuaded a federal appeals court on Friday to throw out a $234 million damages award in favor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's patent licensing arm for infringing a patent on computer processing technology.

In a 3-0 decision, the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals said Apple deserved judgment as a matter of law, because jurors could not have found infringement based on evidence introduced in the liability phase of a 2015 trial.

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, or WARF, sued Apple in 2014, saying processors in Apple's iPhone 5s, 6 and 6 Plus smartphones infringed a 1998 patent describing a means to improve performance by predicting instructions given by users.

"We hold that no reasonable juror could have found literal infringement in this case," Chief Judge Sharon Prost wrote for the Washington, D.C.-based appeals court.

Also at The Verge [theverge.com] and Engadget [engadget.com].

Previously: Apple Faces Hefty Damages After Losing Patent Lawsuit to Univ. of Wisconsin [soylentnews.org]
Apple Ordered to Pay $506 Million to the University of Wisconsin in Patent Case [soylentnews.org]

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