Patent troll VirnetX wants jury to give it a half-billion dollars of Apple’s cash

Posted by BernardSwiss on Jan 27, 2016 2:22 PM EDT
Ars Technica; By Joe Mullin
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A trial has just kicked off in the patent hotspot of East Texas, and it's a big one. VirnetX, a patent-holding company that says it owns wide-ranging rights to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), is facing off against Apple. VirnetX says that Apple's VPN technology, as well as its FaceTime video-messaging, both infringe the company's patents. A jury trial began today, and VirnetX seeks $532 million in damages.

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