Apple and Broadcom are jointly trying to overturn the results of the January 2020 California Institute of technology Wi Fi patent trial, which resulted in a total fine of $1.1 billion for the two companies.

A new document issued by apple and Broadcom on December 17 urged the court to reverse the verdict. According to the complaint, there were "multiple legal errors" in the original judgment.

The patent trial, which ended in January 2020, found that apple and Broadcom had infringed the WiFi patent owned by Caltech. In March, apple sought to void the core patent of the lawsuit, but failed.

During the trial, Caltech lawyers argued that the hypothetical licensing deal for chips used in iPhones, iPads, macs, apple watch and other products in 2010 would bring about $1.40 per device to apple and 26 cents to Broadcom. The jury used this method of calculation to impose a $838 million fine on apple and a $270 million incidental fine on Broadcom.

"These decisions unfairly hurt the interests of the Appellants," the appeal said, "and greatly hindered their ability to refute the California Institute of technology's repeated emphasis on the so-called importance of the patent in question in the trial, which led to a huge - and unjustifiable - damages award."

According to Law360, Caltech said the actions of apple and Broadcom had been "truly shocking.". Caltech asked the court to increase the fine to more than $2.2 billion after calculating lawyers and compensation. In August, the judge only increased the fine by $66 million, on the grounds that he would wait to calculate the additional costs before the appeal was processed.

When you learn about it or Apple's patent war, you often get caught in some kind of legal battle. Currently, the most watched trial is Apple's lawsuit against epic, which tries to open its own app store on Apple's platform.

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