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.
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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.
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.
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...