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Title: Apple to pay VirnetX $440 million after a decision not to hear its appeal Post by: HCK on February 25, 2020, 04:05:20 pm Apple to pay VirnetX $440 million after a decision not to hear its appeal
What you need to know Apple's appeal against patent infringement cases won't be heard. It will have to pay $440 million to VirnetX. This is all because Apple infringed upon VPN patents. It's a drop in the ocean for Apple. Apple is going to have to cough up $440 million and hand it over to VirnetX after the US Supreme Court declined to hear its appeal over patent infringement cases. Apple was initially accused of using VPN-related patents as well as others when building its FaceTime feature. VirnetX was awarded $302 million in 2016, but that was later increased to just shy of $440 million after a judge reconsidered the case and added interest and additional costs. As Reuters notes, this all stems back to 2010 and is a case that has been around almost as long as the iPhone product has. The case dates back to 2010 when Nevada-based VirnetX filed suit in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas accusing Cupertino, California-based Apple of infringing four patents for sec... Source: Apple to pay VirnetX $440 million after a decision not to hear its appeal (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/q1zobulIsOk/apple-will-have-pay-virnetx-440-million-after-decision-not-hear-its-appeal) |