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« on: February 25, 2020, 04:05:20 pm »

Apple to pay VirnetX $440 million after a decision not to hear its appeal

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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...

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