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Judge throws out $625 million verdict in VirnetX’s patent case against Apple … for now

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<p>Back in February an East Texas court ruled that Apple must pay more than $625 million (http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/03/apple-virnetx-ruling/) in damages to VirnetX over patent infringement related to iMessage and FaceTime. The patent case was especially notable for being one of the highest amounts rewarded in history, but the plaintiff in the case wasn’t satisfied and asked for $190 million more (http://9to5mac.com/2016/05/26/patent-troll-facetime-imessage/) in damages four months later. But for now it’s back to the step one for Apple and VirnetX in this case as a federal judge has decided the case must be revisited…</p>
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