Apple ordered to pay $530m for iTunes patents

Jury in Texas orders Apple to pay hundreds of millions to Smartflash for infringing three patents relating to iTunesApple has been ordered to pay more than $530m after a federal jury in Texas found its iTunes software infringed three patents owned by a patent licensing company called Smartflash.Although Smartflash had been asking for $852m in damages, the verdict handed down on Tuesday night was still a blow to Apple.
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