A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a $368 million jury award for patent infringement that a patent licensing firm won against Apple Inc. in 2012.

WSJ's Brent Kendall has more on the breaking news from Washington:

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, a Washington-based court that handles patent dispute appeals, ruled the verdict was "tainted" by erroneous jury instructions in the case. The court...