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Wisconsin Alumni Research v. Apple Inc., No. 17-2265 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 28, 2018)

Affirmed in Part
Infringement JMOL / Post-Trial Invalidity (§ 102/§ 103)
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 17-2265
Also Docketed
No. 17-2380 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
September 28, 2018
Judge
Prost, C.J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
22 pages

From the Opinion

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The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (“WARF”) sued Apple Inc. for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,781,752 (“the ’752 patent”). After a two -week, bifurcated trial, a jury found Apple liable for infringement and awarded over $234 million in damages. The district court denied Apple’s post -trial motions for judgment as a matter of law and for a new trial.

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