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Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret; Lipstick Apathy

Jury rules Apple owes $234 million for University of Wisconsin patents

quote:

A U.S. jury on Friday ordered Apple Inc (AAPL.O) to pay the University of Wisconsin-Madison's patent licensing arm more than $234 million in damages for incorporating its microchip technology into some of the company's iPhones and iPads without permission.

The amount was less than the $400 million the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) was claiming in damages after the jury on Tuesday said Apple (AAPL.O) infringed its patent for improving the performance of computer processors.

Apple said it would appeal the verdict, but declined to comment further.

WARF praised the verdict and said it was important to protect the university's inventions from unauthorized use. "This decision is great news," said WARF Managing Director Carl Gulbrandsen in a statement.

Jurors deliberated for about 3-1/2 hours before returning the verdict in the closely watched case in federal court in Madison, Wisconsin. It was the second phase of a trial that began on Oct. 5.

The jury was considering whether Apple's A7, A8 and A8X processors, found in the iPhone 5s, 6 and 6 Plus, as well as several versions of the iPad, violated the patent.

# ? Oct 17, 2015 23:08

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# ? May 11, 2024 10:29

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

I'm sure Apple will be crying about that as they pull it out of the couch cushions.

# ? Oct 17, 2015 23:09

Asymmetric POSTer: Aug 17, 2005

thank you timb for filling in for the 300 million scott walker cut from the university of wisconsin system

# ? Oct 17, 2015 23:09

kitten emergency: Jan 13, 2008; get meow this wack-ass crystal prison

that's an interesting case because the same people went after Intel years ago and settled out of court, Intel was making arguments that they had given money to the researchers and it was funded by US grants which made the whole thing a little weird. im not really down with patenting work you do on the gov't dime unless the parents can be licensed at a reduced rate or are open in some way

# ? Oct 17, 2015 23:43

Blue Train: Jun 17, 2012

Dodoman posted:

Jury rules Apple owes $234 million for University of Wisconsin patents

the article I read called WARF a patent troll group lol

e: ^ eliminate all software patents information wants to be free

# ? Oct 18, 2015 00:49

Carthag Tuek: Oct 15, 2005; Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
sl�gt skal f�lge sl�gters gang

processor technology doesnt sound like a typical software patent. not gonna read the article right now, and it could be some microcode optimization stuff that would essentially be software, but if its like some die tech stuff thats a totally valid patent.

also gonna agree that patenting research funded by grants is kinda bullshit.

# ? Oct 18, 2015 01:20

theflyingexecutive: Apr 22, 2007

get this: the vast majority of publicly-funded research is behind an infinite series of very expensive paywalls so people can only get scientific information from lovely angelfire websites about morgellon's

# ? Oct 18, 2015 01:29

kitten emergency: Jan 13, 2008; get meow this wack-ass crystal prison

theflyingexecutive posted:

get this: the vast majority of publicly-funded research is behind an infinite series of very expensive paywalls so people can only get scientific information from lovely angelfire websites about morgellon's

im aware, yes. i think there are plenty of legitimate reasons that the system works as it does, but I don't have to be happy about all of the repercussions of it.

# ? Oct 18, 2015 01:32

Blue Train: Jun 17, 2012

Snapchat A Titty posted:

processor technology doesnt sound like a typical software patent. not gonna read the article right now, and it could be some microcode optimization stuff that would essentially be software, but if its like some die tech stuff thats a totally valid patent.

also gonna agree that patenting research funded by grants is kinda bullshit.

Table based data speculation circuit for parallel processing computer

A predictor circuit permits advanced execution of instructions depending for their data on previous instructions by predicting such dependencies based on previous mis-speculations detected at the final stages of processing. Synchronization of dependent instructions is provided by a table creating entries for each instance of potential dependency. Table entries are created and deleted dynamically to limit total memory requirements.

# ? Oct 18, 2015 01:57

Carthag Tuek: Oct 15, 2005; Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
sl�gt skal f�lge sl�gters gang

well that seems alright for a patent as such. its not "a method for viewing motion pictures via the internet"

# ? Oct 18, 2015 01:59

Blue Train: Jun 17, 2012

yea

# ? Oct 18, 2015 02:01

fart simpson: Jul 2, 2005; DEATH TO AMERICA

Dodoman posted:

this is pathetic and you're a loving idiot

fake fishmech wsa right

# ? Oct 18, 2015 03:23

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

PleasureKevin posted:

mouse chat:

apple has always built their mice to be better for you based on science. the idea is you should not have to bend your wrist while using it, as that can strain the wrist. so the mice are quite flat compared to PC mice, who seem to unanimously not care if you get Carpal Tunnel syndrome. its pretty weird to me that companies would continue to sell mice that they know are bad for you. i guess it's because they can only sell things on that basis of familiarity.

if you remember the original design for the PS3 "boomerang" controller, it was the same idea. it was designed so you could use it without bending your wrists.

i believe this is the same reason the mouse acceleration on OS X is so low. Carpal Tunnel is caused by micro movements, not wide, sweeping movements. so if the OS makes you cover a wider area with your mouse to move the cursor, it's actually better for you.

also here's a profile view of the mouse. because of the arc design, there's nowhere to put the lightning port except the underside. jony et al could redesign the whole thing, but why radically redesign a mouse in 2015 when it's popularity is rapidly declining in favour of touch? this will probably be the last ever update to this product so why dedicate the effort when they just redesigned the keyboard and trackpad and are presently designing the iPhone 7 and next Macbook Pros?

redesigning this would be like voting for Obama for a 3rd term. a nice compliment, but a waste.

lmao.

# ? Oct 18, 2015 03:49

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

apple mice are the worst in the world with absolutely no ergonomic design.

# ? Oct 18, 2015 03:50

cremnob: Jun 30, 2010

it's really good actually

# ? Oct 18, 2015 03:51

Carthag Tuek: Oct 15, 2005; Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
sl�gt skal f�lge sl�gters gang

Shaggar posted:

apple mice are the worst in the world with absolutely no ergonomic design.

shaggar is right tbh, and ive been an apple user since the 1980s.

# ? Oct 18, 2015 03:52

Hugh G. Rectum: Mar 1, 2011

Snapchat A Titty posted:

shaggar is right tbh, and ive been an apple user since the 1980s.

# ? Oct 18, 2015 03:55

PleasureKevin: Jan 2, 2011

Shaggar posted:

apple mice are the worst in the world with absolutely no ergonomic design.

if they take in to account occupational health and safety, it's ergonomic.

# ? Oct 18, 2015 04:00

The Management: Jan 2, 2010; sup, bitch?

Apple mice have always been terrible

# ? Oct 18, 2015 04:03

The Management: Jan 2, 2010; sup, bitch?

Kevin, this is not the hill you want to die on

# ? Oct 18, 2015 04:04

eric: Apr 27, 2004; Lipstick Apathy

got a 6s plus and it's quite needs suiting.

# ? Oct 18, 2015 04:05

Last Chance: Dec 31, 2004

hes right. the magic mouse is great and feels good

# ? Oct 18, 2015 04:05

Carthag Tuek: Oct 15, 2005; Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
sl�gt skal f�lge sl�gters gang

The Management posted:

Kevin, this is not the hill you want to die on

the only good apple mouse was the classic-era mouse that was hella square and had one button and was beige as gently caress. Clicking that felt really good and effective.

# ? Oct 18, 2015 04:06

computer parts: Nov 18, 2010; PLEASE CLAP

wireless mice in general are bad

# ? Oct 18, 2015 04:19

eric: Apr 27, 2004; Lipstick Apathy

I had a wireless intellimouse that was ok

# ? Oct 18, 2015 04:20

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

my wireless mouse suits my needs

# ? Oct 18, 2015 04:34

kitten emergency: Jan 13, 2008; get meow this wack-ass crystal prison

apple trackpads are very needs suiting

logitech mx master is a great mouse tho

people who use trackballs are weird

# ? Oct 18, 2015 04:40

Carthag Tuek: Oct 15, 2005; Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
sl�gt skal f�lge sl�gters gang

i wanna try out the trackpad, it looks sweet and sometimes i wanna make gestures but i got a middling tier logitech wheel+2 buttons pos

# ? Oct 18, 2015 04:43

shitface: Nov 23, 2006

I have a magic trackpad I dragged with me to the us for some reason even though I ditched the imac back in london. if someone thinks they'll use it pm me and I'll send it. it owns bones but I'm on a rmbp now and either use the inbuilt trackpad or my mx

# ? Oct 18, 2015 05:46