Apple Gets Good News in Bid to Knock Out $533 Million Verdict
- Two Smartflash patents in the case were found to be invalid
- Apple appealed the jury verdict to the Federal Circuit
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Apple Inc. has succeeded in getting two additional Smartflash LLC patents invalidated, bringing it closer to escaping a $533 million patent verdict.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on May 26 invalidated two of three patents owned by Smartflash, which won the award after a jury trial against the iPhone maker in February 2015.