Apple must pay $837 million for infringing Wi-Fi patents from Caltech, jury decides

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Nearly four years after the California Institute of Technology sued Apple and Broadcom for allegedly infringing four of the university’s patents on Wi-Fi data transmission, a federal jury has agreed that the two companies infringed — and has awarded $1.1 billion in damages to Caltech for the infringement, Law360 reports.Reporting from the courtroom, Law360 writes that the jury ordered Apple to pay $837 million, with Broadcom owing $270 million