**Apple's request for a retrial of panoptis, a wireless patent holding company, was rejected, which means the company will have to pay $300 million in compensation** Panoptis and its parent company Optis initially won a $506.2 million case accusing apple of infringing a series of 4G LTE patents. That was proposed in August 2020, but in April 2021, a federal judge allowed a retrial because there was "serious doubt" about the judgment.
The amount of compensation was therefore reduced to $300 million, but Apple Then protested that there were many problems with the evidence, testimony, jury instructions and the amount of Optis was sentenced. Therefore, apple believes that it has the right to a third trial.
According to Reuters, Apple's case has now been rejected. The motion originally submitted to the court may reduce the compensation to zero, but Rodney Gilstrap, a U.S. district judge in East Texas, rejected Apple's request for a retrial or ruling.
Panoptis alleges that Apple uses iPhone、iPad And apple watch infringed its 4G LTE patent. According to the previous Reuters report, these patents are crucial to the international LTE wireless standard.
In addition, apple and its parent company Optis are involved in another lawsuit in the UK over the same infringement allegations. The case is expected to continue in July 2022.