Sillicon Alley Insider is reporting that Apple will have to pay $21.7 million in a patent infringement case from OPTi Inc. The funny thing is, OPTi Inc used to be a semiconductor company; now they just sue other companies over patent claims full time. Seriously.
OPTi is suing over a patent that involves “predictive snooping” technology used for transferring data. The suit was ended in OPTi’s favor back in April, and is just now being finalized.
The decision was made in the plaintiff-friendly U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Because Apple did not willfully infringe on the patent, it does not have to reimburse any attorney fees.
Obviously $21.7 million is couch change to Apple, and they have every incentive to keep fighting a patent troll. So it’s possible it will appeal.
Adiitionally, The Loop is reporting that Apple has been sued by St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants for a number of patents the iPhone camera supposedly violates.
Filed in the United States District Court in Delaware, the lawsuit claims that Apple’s iPhone camera infringes on four separate patents including the ‘459, ‘219, ‘010 and ‘899 patents the company holds.
Apple isn’t the only one St. Clair is preying on. They have won several suits agains the likes of Sony and Cannon.
Shameful.
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