Apple ordered to pay $533 mln for patent infringement

By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc has been ordered to pay $532.9 million (344 million pounds) after a federal jury in Texas found that its iTunes software infringed three patents owned by patent licensing firm Smartflash LLC. Though Smartflash had been asking for $852 million in damages, Tuesday night's verdict was still a blow to Apple. The jury, which deliberated for eight hours, determined Apple had not only used Smartflash's patents without permission, but did so willf