California Institute Of Technology Approves Patent Case Settlement With Apple And Broadcom

Caltech has reached an agreement to end the patent case against Apple and Broadcom regarding the Wi-Fi chip (photo: dock. apple)

JAKARTA - The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has reached an agreement to terminate a patent case against Apple and Broadcom regarding the Wi-Fi chip, in accordance with a filing in California's federal court.

Caltech, based in Pasadena, sued Apple and Broadcom in 2016 on charges that millions of iPhones, iPads, Apple Watch, and other Apple devices using Broadcom chips have violated their wireless communications patents.

In a hearing on Wednesday, October 11, Caltech stated that they would withdraw their lawsuit with prejudice, meaning that the lawsuit could not be re-submitted.

Both sides notified the court in August that they had reached a "tensibility settlement" without disclosing additional details. Representatives from Caltech, Apple, and Broadcom did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday, October 12.

In 2020, a jury ordered Apple to pay $837.8 million and Broadcom paid $270.2 million in compensation for patent infringement. However, the US appeals court canceled the award last year and ordered a new court to determine the amount of compensation, arguing that the amount "has no legal basis." The court, which was supposed to start in June, was indefinitely postponed in May.

Caltech also settled a lawsuit related to Samsung in August. The university is also suing Microsoft, Dell, and HP regarding their Wi-Fi patents in a continuing case.