The U.S court of Appeals has ruled in Apple's favor against the lawsuit that had been filed by Smartflash in 2013, over copyright infringement allegations. In the jury's report, Smartflash was not to receive the $533 million compensation that another U.S court had instructed Apple to repay the company. In 2013 Smartflash sued Apple for invading on their patents with their App, iTunes.

After a long battle in the courts, a three-man jury passed a ruling on Wednesday, that Smartflash won't be paid even a single dime since their patents are just abstract and not credible as real products with solid copyrights. According to Reuters, in a previous hearing, Apple had stated that Smartflash has no real products or a solid work frame with which it operates on. The company was only out to prey on the patent system so as to get tokens and profit cuts from bigger companies over their abstract patents.

Writer Hut explained that this hearing had been overruled by another jury in 2015 where the same courts instructed Apple to pay Smartflash a compensation fee amounting to $533 million. Apple hence filed for an appeal where it explained how Smartflash is exploiting the patents system in America so as to get numerous compensations from well-established tech companies.

On Wednesday, March 1, 2017, Apple presented this version of the story to the US Courts of Appeal, explaining that it was not the only company falling victim of Smart flashes dubious lawsuits. In their presentation, Apple argued that Smartflash has also filed similar cases against Samsung, Microsoft, and Google just to get some hefty compensation.

The jury then examined Smart flashes patents once more and was able to see some kind of scheme crafted by Smartflash to take advantage of big tech companies. They thus ruled that Apple won't pay a dime and closed the case for good.



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