A US jury has orderedApple Inc to pay the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s patent licensing arm more than $234m (£151.5m) in damages for incorporating its microchip technology into some of the company’s iPhones and iPads without permission.

The amount imposed on Friday was less than the $400m the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Warf) was claiming in damages, afterthe jury on Tuesday said Apple infringed its patent for improving the performance of computer processors.

Apple said it would appeal against the verdict, but declined to comment further.

The jury was considering whether Apple’s A7, A8 and A8X processors, found in theiPhone5s, 6 and 6 Plus, as well as several versions of the iPad, violated the patent.

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