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What did Apple win in Texas?
The verdict came in Optis Wireless Technology, LLC et al. v. Apple Inc., Case No. 2:19-CV-00066-JRG, in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, before Judge Rodney Gilstrap. The jury found no infringement of five asserted patents in the February 2026 trial. The case docket is available from the Eastern District of Texas case listing; the verdict was reported by Law360 and Bloomberg Law.
The patents concern LTE communications features. The products at issue were LTE-capable Apple devices, including iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches; that description does not mean every model or generation was necessarily covered. The five patents were:
| U.S. patent | Technology area described in coverage |
|---|---|
| 8,411,557 | Mobile-station apparatus and random-access technology |
| 8,385,284 | LTE control-channel signaling |
| 8,102,833 | Uplink-signal transmission |
| 8,019,332 | Transmission and reception of control information through the PDCCH |
| 9,001,774 | LTE communications technology |
The result was a jury finding of non-infringement, not a finding that the five patents were invalid. Non-infringement means the jury did not find that Apple’s accused products practiced the asserted patent claims under the evidence and instructions in that trial. Invalidity is a separate legal question about whether patent claims can be enforced.
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Why was this the third U.S. trial?
Earlier U.S. proceedings had produced infringement findings and damages awards against Apple, but those awards did not remain intact. The Federal Circuit’s June 16, 2025 opinion vacated the relevant infringement and damages judgments and sent the case back for further proceedings, including in light of problems involving the verdict form and damages evidence. The appellate court’s opinion describes the history.
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| June 16, 2025 | The Federal Circuit vacated the relevant infringement and damages judgments and ordered further proceedings |
| February 12, 2026 | A jury found Apple did not infringe the five asserted patents |
The $506.2 million and $300 million figures are historical jury awards, not amounts Apple can be said to owe today on the basis of those verdicts. The February trial followed appellate intervention; it was not simply an appeal in which a higher court reviewed the earlier jury’s decision.
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A standard-essential patent, or SEP, is a patent said to cover technology needed to implement an industry standard such as LTE. A patent owner that commits to license an SEP on FRAND terms agrees to offer licensing terms that are fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory. That commitment does not by itself establish that a particular patent is valid, essential or infringed, nor does it set the royalty a licensee must pay.
- Validity: Can the patent claims be legally enforced?
- Essentiality: Is the patented technology required to implement the standard?
- Infringement: Did the accused product practice the asserted claims?
- FRAND terms: What licence terms and royalty are fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory?
- Remedies: What relief follows from the findings and applicable licence obligations?
The Texas jury addressed infringement of five U.S. patents in that case. It did not decide every question about Optis’s wider portfolio or the terms of a global licence.
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Why does a separate UK case still matter?
The UK proceedings concern the terms of a global licence for Optis’s SEP portfolio, rather than whether Apple infringed the five patents in the Texas trial. On May 1, 2025, the UK Court of Appeal adopted a comparables-based approach, set a rate of $0.15 per unit and arrived at a stated lump-sum payment of approximately $502 million plus interest. The judgment also treated parallel U.S. patent proceedings as a “floor” for the global royalty in the circumstances of that case. The Court of Appeal judgment sets out the reasoning and terms.
Apple appealed. The UK Supreme Court heard the appeal from June 29 through July 1, 2026. As of the latest available update on the Supreme Court case page, judgment was still awaited. A related case is listed at UKSC-2025-0145.
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The UK figure is the result of a separate licensing ruling under appeal; it is not an amount established by the Texas jury verdict. The U.S. and UK proceedings address different legal questions, and the Texas result does not automatically overturn the UK ruling.
What the verdict changes—and what remains unresolved
- It gives Apple a major U.S. trial victory. The jury rejected infringement claims concerning the five patents in the latest trial.
- It does not invalidate all Optis patents. The reported verdict was about infringement, not a general determination that the patents are invalid.
- It does not resolve every country or every patent. The verdict concerns the asserted U.S. patents and products in this litigation, not Optis’s entire worldwide portfolio.
- It does not settle the global FRAND licence. That issue is before the UK Supreme Court on appeal from the Court of Appeal’s ruling.
- It may not be the last U.S. procedural step. After the verdict, Optis reportedly sought judgment in its favor or another trial. The available reporting does not establish the final disposition of that request. See Law360’s case listing.
Potential financial exposure therefore depends on how the remaining proceedings develop, including post-trial motions and any appeal in the U.S. case, as well as the outcome and effect of the UK Supreme Court appeal. The earlier U.S. awards should not be treated as current liabilities, and the UK amount should not be described as finally settled while Apple’s appeal remains unresolved.
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