Overview

• The Federal Circuit vacated both the initial $506.2 million and the $300 million awards after finding that jury instructions improperly grouped five LTE patent claims into a single infringement question.
• Judges ruled that bundling multiple patents in one verdict violated Apple’s Seventh Amendment right to unanimous jury findings on each claim.
• The panel also faulted the district court for admitting evidence of Apple’s 2019 Qualcomm settlement and for failing to properly analyze the abstraction and indefiniteness of certain patents.
• The case will return to the Eastern District of Texas for a third jury trial to reassess damages under corrected procedures.
• Separately, a UK court ordered Apple to pay Optis about $502 million for related LTE patents, a decision Apple is appealing.