Apple have lost a staggering $600 million dollars after a court ruled that the computer giant had infringed on Mirror Worlds copyright to display documents on computer screens as used by Apple’s Spotlight, Time Machine and Cover Flow.
The jury weighed up the evidence and found in favour in three of the four patents and awarded Mirror Worlds $208.5 million per infringement.
Apple has made a last ditch attempt to try and get the court to reconsider, but this looks unlikely.
Apple is asking for a delay to the judge’s final decision saying there were unresolved issues with two of the three remaining patents in the case.
If the court agrees damages will be reduced to $208.5m. However, if the judge decides three patents have been infringed the damages award of $625.2m will rank among the largest in US legal history.
Apple believes that the patents had been sold and any damages awarded should reflect that market value. The patents package is believed to have been sold for $5m.
Mirror Worlds founder David Gelertner said he was “tremendously grateful” to his lawyers after hearing the verdict.
Apple has yet to respond to the ruling, but both Apple and Mirror Worlds are expected to submit more documents to court concerning the damages ruling.
It looks like Apple will be spending even more time in court, as they have recently started legal proceedings against Nokia, accusing the mobile giant of infringing nine patents related to smartphone technology. We’ll keep you posted on more information about this.
Tags: Apple. Court, damages, infringements, Mirror Worlds
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