Apple wins new trial after judge tosses $500 million damages payout
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Apple has dodged a $500 million damages payout...for now. What you need to know U.S. District Court Judge Rodney Gilstrap has tossed a $506.2 million damages payout to Optis Wireless Technology. The judge said that the damages have `legitimately been called into question.` Apple has potentially just dodged a $500 million damages payout. As reported by Bloomberg, a federal judge has stricken a $506.2 million damages award for Optis Wireless Technology, a company who originally won a case against Apple for infringing on its patents. Optis and its partners in the case, PanOptis Patent Management and Unwired Planet LLC, claimed that Apple`s smartphones, watches, and tablets that operate over the LTE cellular standard were using its patented technology. U.S. District Court Judge Rodney Gilstrap said the jury should have been allowed to consider whether the royalty demand was consistent with a requirement that standard-essential patents be licensed on `fair, reasonable and n...