US university wins patent suit against Apple

New York

AS A veteran of the global smartphone wars, Apple is used to courtroom battles with fierce competitors such as Samsung and Nokia. This week, however, a federal jury returned a verdict against Apple in a lawsuit brought by a different kind of adversary: a public university.

The University of Wisconsin-Madi-son's licensing arm, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), convinced a jury that Apple had infringed its patent for improving chip efficiency when the company incorporated the technology into some of its phones and tablets.