Apple’s Success Reversing Patent Cases May Dim CalTech’s Win (2)

If any company knows how to get rid of a billion-dollar patent-infringement verdict, it’s Apple Inc.

Apple pledged to appeal Wednesday’s $1.1 billion verdict won by California Institute of Technology, in which it was told to pay $838 million and its chip supplier Broadcom Inc. was hit with $270 million in royalties by a federal jury in Los Angeles. Apple is counting on its past history challenging such verdicts to mean good odds for the future.

In the past decade, the iPhone maker has evaded a $533 million verdict over controlling digital content, a $506 million judgment over microprocessor ...