Apple, Broadcom lose appeal to SCOTUS over Caltech patent case
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The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) on Monday as the duo tried to have the nation's top court hear their argument over a previous patent infringement case.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit initially ruled that Apple (AAPL) and Broadcom's (AVGO) appeal was invalid because the pair did not bring up concerns contesting the validity of patents from the California Institute of Technology.
In May, the Biden Administration recommended that the Supreme Court deny the company's petition and said that the appeals court had interpreted the law correctly. 
In February 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit threw out an earlier verdict from a jury that awarded Caltech $1.1B from the companies, including $878M from Apple, and sent the case back for a new trial to determine the damages.
At the time, the appeals court said the award was not justified by the record.
The U.S. tech giants had previously argued they should have been allowed to discuss the challenges to the patents at the previous trial. 
The original judgement was handed down in January 2020 after a federal jury in Los Angeles determined Apple (AAPL) and Broadcom (AVGO) infringed on patents owned by the university that were related to Wi-Fi used in iPhones and other Apple devices.
The case is Apple vs. California Institute of Technology, 22-203
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