Apple wants to challenge Caltech patents again
The U.S. Supreme Court has asked for government input on Apple and Broadcom’s bid to revive a patent dispute with Caltech, prior to a summer retrial on damages.
The California Institute of Technology sued the two companies in 2016, alleging that they and other companies violated several of its patents on Wi-Fi technology in the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and other devices.
A jury had found Apple and Broadcom guilty in 2020, awarding Caltech $1.1 billion to be paid by the two tech companies. However, Apple and Broadcom attempted to overturn the results of the trial, saying it had been conducted with “multiple legal errors.”
“These rulings unfairly prejudiced appellants,” the appeal brief said,” and greatly hampered their ability to rebut Caltech’s repeated emphasis at trial on the supposed importance of the patents-in-suit, which led to an enormous — and unwarranted — damages award.”
Then, in 2022, a U.S. appeals court tossed out the verdict requiring Apple and Broadcom to pay damages, and ordered a new damages trial that would reconsider the awarded sum — but not the patent infringement. That trial is set to begin in June.
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