The California Institute of Technology has reached a "potential settlement" in a high-stakes patent infringement lawsuit against Apple and Broadcom over Wi-Fi chips, according to a Thursday filing in federal court.
Caltech previously won a verdict of more than $1.1 billion from
Apple and Broadcom in the case that was later overturned.
The potential settlement was disclosed in a court document
filed in US District Court in Los Angeles without further details following a
telephone conference. It was unclear if the agreement involved both Apple and
Broadcom.
Representatives for Caltech, Apple, and Broadcom did not
immediately respond to requests for comment. The court ordered the parties to
file a joint status report by August 18.
Pasadena, California-based Caltech sued Apple and Broadcom
in 2016, alleging that millions of iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and other
Apple devices using Broadcom chips infringed its wireless communication
patents. A jury ordered Apple to pay $837.8 million and Broadcom to pay $270.2
million in patent-infringement damages in 2020.
A US appeals court overturned the award last year and
ordered a new trial on damages, finding the amount was "legally
unsupportable." A trial that had been scheduled to begin in June 2023 was
postponed indefinitely in May.
Caltech told a Texas federal court on Tuesday that it had
settled a related lawsuit against Samsung. The university has also sued
Microsoft, Dell and HP over its Wi-Fi patents in cases that are pending. © Reuters
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