A federal jury in Texas stated Apple Inc ought to spend about $308.5 million to Personalized Media Communications LLC (PMC) for infringing a patent linked with digital rights management.
The jurors late no Friday directed Apple to spend a operating royalty to PMC, which is normally based on the quantity of sales of a item or service.
PMC, a licensing firm, had initially sued Apple in 2015 alleging the tech giant’s iTunes service infringed seven of its patents.
Apple effectively challenged PMC’s case at the US patent workplace, but an appeals court in March final year reversed that choice, paving the way for the trial.
The iPhone maker did not right away respond to Reuters’ request for comment but told Bloomberg that it was disappointed with the ruling and would appeal.
“Cases like this, brought by companies that don’t make or sell any products, stifle innovation and ultimately harm consumers,” Apple was quoted as saying by Bloomberg.
Sugarland, Texas-based PMC has infringement instances pending against firms which includes Netflix Inc, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Amazon.com Inc.
The case is Personalized Media v. Apple Inc.
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