contador web Skip to content

Apple loses two lawsuits, for patent infringement and disregard for labor laws, and is expected to shell out more than $ 9 million

Really, times are not the best for Apple. In the past few days, two court decisions have ruled that Ma must disburse something around $ 9 million together even if such a value in the pass of a change considering the more than US $ 200 billion in cash of the company, to lose money never be something celebrated by a capitalist company, in the same?


Tim Cook at the Apple Retail Store - Infinite LoopImage: CNET.

The first case has to do with an accusation of patent infringement. Core Wireless Licensing, a company that owns more than 2,000 intellectual records related to wireless technologies (some of them, including those from Nokia), won a lawsuit in which it accused Apple of violating patents related to fundamental cell phone and economy technologies battery in iPhones and iPads with mobile connection.

A federal jury in northern California has determined that the company should receive $ 7.3 million in damages from Apple, but Apple should appeal the decision so this is a soap opera that is certainly still to see new chapters.

Still in Apple's home state, the company lost a to collective labor in San Diego. There, former store employees accused Ma of disregarding the rest and feeding times required by the state for more than four years, in addition to delaying severance pay and last wages after dismissals.

The lawsuit was initially filed in 2011 and turned into a collective action in 2014. Now, it has been determined that Apple should pay $ 2 million to the fund created by former employees amounting to a payment of approximately $ 95 for each of the employees. reached (even less after lawyers' fees and expenses).

Propitious moment for another one of Bruno Santana's Social Criticisms: what world is this where a patent lawsuit forces a company to pay $ 7 million while one for labor involving disrespect for the fundamental rights of the worker results in a payment of less than $ 100 for each victim harmed? Let's talk about the inverse of values.

Apple did not comment on the cases, as usual in court decisions involving the company.

(via MacRumors)