A California jury recently ordered Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) and Broadcom, Ltd. (“Broadcom”) to pay the California Institute of Technology (“Caltech”) over $1.1 billion in damages for infringing several patents owned by Caltech.  The patents relate to a type of error correction code used in wireless technology (known as “irregular repeat and accumulate” codes) to improve transmission rates and performance.  The products alleged to have used these codes include multiple models of the Apple iPhone, iPad,… Continue Reading