According to a report from the BostonHerald, Boston University is the latest to sue Apple for patent infringement claiming several Apple products use technology covered by its 1997 patent for highly insulating monocrystalline gallium nitride thin films. The university filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts yesterday listing Apple’s iPhone 5, iPad, and MacBook Air as infringing devices.
There’s no details on the licensing fees that a certain technology company is currently paying to BU, but analyst Roger Kay predicts a successful case could net the university somewhere in the neighbourhood of $75 million.
