Apple, Broadcom win new trial in $1.1 billion Caltech patent case


FILE PHOTO Logo of an Apple store is seen as Apple Inc. reports fourth quarter earnings in Washington U.S. January 27 2022.      REUTERSJoshua RobertsFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Logo of an Apple store is seen as Apple Inc. reports fourth quarter earnings in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a jury verdict ordering Apple Inc and Broadcom Inc to pay $1.1 billion to the California Institute of Technology for infringing its Wi-Fi technology patents, and ordered a new trial on damages.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said the January 2020 award by the federal jury in Los Angeles, one of the largest ever in patent cases, was "legally unsupportable."

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