The federal judge in the case has now postponed his final ruling in the case brought against Apple by Mirror Worlds.

Last week, a jury in Texas came down in favour of Mirror Worlds, but Apple asked for a delay in the final ruling. It accused Mirror Worlds of "triple dipping" in the case as the jury had ruled Apple should pay $208.5m (?131m) for each of three patent infringements listed in the case.

Apple and Mirror Worlds now have ...