Apple has been find shamed of using a engineering science , patented by the University of Wisconsin - Madison right smart back in 1998 , in its silicon chip without the proper license — and it could cost it close down $ 1 billion .
Reuters reportsthat Apple has been using technology that ’s described inthis patentto better the efficiency of its A7 , A8 and A8X central processor . Those slabs of atomic number 14 are found in the iPhone 5s , 6 and 6 Plus , as well as a number of iPad mannikin .
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation filed a pillow slip against Apple in January of this year over the land mile - use of goods and services of the patent , and now a Madison , Wisconsin panel has deemed the claims to be sane — Apple used the engineering science without permit . Now , the tribulation will move forward to determine the damages that the university is owed . However , the jurist presiding over the case has suggest the figure could get hold of as much as $ 860 million .
That ’s a heap for a University , though comparatively less for Apple . Still , the folks at Cupertino may well be untrusting of the combative academician : last calendar month , the university filed a similar ailment , accusing Apple of using the same technology in its A9 and A9X chips without a licence . Looks like matter could get rather expensive .
[ Reuters ]
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