The process is related to the technology that improves the efficiency of the processors, which was patented by the University of Wisconsin, which led Madison jury court to rule in favor of the educational institution, said to Reuters.
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Warf) sued Apple in January last year claiming that the processors of the new iPhone and iPad violate a 1998 patent for improving the efficiency of the chips.
After an analysis, the jury found that the A7 processor, A8 and A8X, fitted iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, as well as the various versions of the iPad, violated the patent from the university, a charge that the Cupertino company always denied.
The court will now decide what will be the compensation to be paid by Apple to the institution, and the amount can be up to 862 million euros.
The same patent had already It has been used by the University to process Intel in 2008, but at the time an agreement was reached outside the court, even during the first year of the trial.
The student association has also launched a second lawsuit against Apple now covers A9 and A9X processors that are used in the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, as well as on the iPad Pro and should be judged at an early date.
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