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| Apple is blamed for encroaching a chip innovation patent that goes back to 1998 |
Apple was sued in 2014 for supposedly utilizing an innovation created by an educator and his understudies in its iPhone chips without the University of Wisconsin-Madison's consent.
Apple was requested to pay about $234m (£179m) when it lost the patent case.
That entirety has now been dramatically increased on the grounds that it kept on utilizing the tech.
The judge said that extra harms and intrigue brought the total owed to $506m.
In any case, Apple still would like to oust the fine by engaging against the first jury decision.
The punishment is still not exactly the $862m the college had initially looked for in harms.
That is on the grounds that Apple was found not to have purposely encroached the college's microchip innovation.
The patent being referred to sketched out an approach to help figuring execution by foreseeing how processors are going to be utilized.
The first case secured Apple's utilization of the development in its A7, A8 and A8X processors, which are found in gadgets including the iPhone 5S and the iPad Air 2.
Apple did not re-design the chips subsequent to losing the debate in 2015 nor pull the important items from deal, and consequently wound up noticeably subject for the extra payout.
The college is likewise looking for advance remuneration for Apple's proceeded with encroachment of the patent in its A9 and A9X chips, which control its iPhone 6S and iPad Pro models.
In any case, the subsequent lawful activity has been put on hold until the point that Apple's allure has been considered.
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