{"id":132796,"date":"2023-03-30T18:44:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T18:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/23\/03\/30\/apple-wins-virnetx-patent-appeal----but-one-verdict-awaits?utm_medium=rss"},"modified":"2023-03-30T18:44:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T18:44:58","slug":"apple-wins-virnetx-patent-appeal-but-one-verdict-awaits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/30\/apple-wins-virnetx-patent-appeal-but-one-verdict-awaits\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple wins VirnetX patent appeal — but one verdict awaits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Apple has been battling VirnetX in court for over a decade over patents, and on Thursday, the US Court of Appeals handed Apple a victory in the latest skirmish.\n<\/p>\n

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In 2010, VirnetX launched a legal dispute by alleging numerous instances of patent infringement related to FaceTime, VPN, and iMessage services. A Texas court fined Apple $368 million in 2012 for violating one patent, but the ruling was overturned<\/a> almost two years later.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the most recent update, Apple convinced the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to invalidate the two patents by upholding a decision from the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board, according to<\/a> Reuters<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It might overturn the $502 million fine that Apple was ordered to pay in 2020<\/a>. The company separately appealed that verdict, but the Federal Circuit still has to rule in that case.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“If the court upholds the [USPTO’s] decision, we have a big problem,” VirnetX attorney Jeff Lamken of MoloLamken said at the September hearing. “I don’t think we have an enforceable judgment.”\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The case has gone through numerous appeals and rulings. With the Federal Circuit’s decision on Thursday, Apple and VirnetX await a final decision in Apple’s appeal of the initial verdict out of East Texas.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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VirnetX had separately won a $302 million<\/a> verdict against Apple in 2016, which was increased to $440 million later on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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