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Apple must pay $439.7 million for patent infringement; appeal coming

John Keefer — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 21:48:01 +0000

This suit between Apple and patent holding company VirnetX has been going on for five years, and despite the verdict, it appears Apple is willing to extend it even further through the appeal process. Read more...

Apple to pay $625 million in patent infringement ruling over FaceTime and iMessage

Derrek Leigh — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 18:52:01 +0000

Apple must pay over half a billion dollars in damages in a ruling made on Wednesday by a US court. VirnetX, the company who owns the patents, has previously won cases with other big name companies. Read more...

VirnetX wants more Microsoft cash in new VPN patent lawsuit

John Callaham — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:33:14 +0000

VirnetX, which was paid $200 million by Microsoft in 2010 to settle a VPN patent case, is suing Microsoft again, this time claiming that Microsoft's Skype service violates six of its patents. Read more...

Microsoft pays $200 million to settle patent dispute

Brandon Boyce — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:08:44 +0000

VirnetX a software company that owns patents for Virtual Private Networking (VPN) technology sued Microsoft for infringing on its patents. Microsoft will now settle the suit for $200 million according to InformationWeek. VirnetX claimed Microsoft... Read more...