Apple was found guilty of infringing three patens owned by Smartflash LLC and was ordered to pay $533 million.http://fortune.com/2015/02/25/apple-pay-patent-infringement/ The patents were infringed in the itunes system invoving music storage and downloads. This is yet another instance in the continual "patent troll" saga, according to Apple, in which a company (Smartflash) obtains patents for the sole purpose of citing infringement(s) against a manufacturing entity to obtain royalties or court judgement.
As indicated, Apple said it would appeal.
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