Apple Wins Appeal to Keep $308 Million US Patent Verdict at Bay

Apple Wins Appeal to Keep $308 Million US Patent Verdict at Bay
The Apple Inc. logo at the entrance to the Apple store in Brussels on July 2, 2021. Yves Herman/Reuters
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A U.S. appeals court on Friday affirmed a decision to throw out a $308.5 million jury verdict against Apple Inc. for allegedly infringing a patent related to digital rights management.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., upheld an East Texas federal judge’s ruling that Personalized Media Communications LLC’s patent was invalid because the company engaged in misconduct before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.