Japan court rules Apple’s click wheel infringes patent

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By Ed SutherlandSep 26, 2013, 1:15 pm192 pts
Apple must pay a Japanese inventor Y300 million (about $3 million USD) for patent infringement involving the iPod’s Click Wheel, a court ordered Thursday. The inventor had asked for Y10 billion, but received far less from the court. The provisional ruling, based on sales dating back to 2004, ends a legal…

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