Apple hit with half billion patent infringement verdict

Originally published by David Yates .

A Texas jury levied a $532,900,000 verdict against Apple on Tuesday, finding the tech giant infringed on three patents owned by a Tyler company. As previously reported, Smartflash filed suit against Apple on May 29, 2013, in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas, Marshall Division. In its original complaint, Smartflash accused Apple of infringing on several patents for data storage and managing access to the data via payment information, including:

– U.S. Patent No. 7,334,720 issued Feb. 26, 2008;

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