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Patent Troll VirnetX Awarded $626M In Damages From Apple (arstechnica.com)

Posted by timothy on from the made-their-play-got-what-they-wanted dept.

Tackhead writes: Having won a $200M judgement against Microsoft in 2010, lost a $258M appeal against Cisco in 2013, and having beaten Apple for $368M in 2012, only to see the verdict overturned in 2014, patent troll VirnetX is back in the news, having been awarded $626M in damages arising from the 2012 Facetime patent infringement case against Apple.

2 of 134 comments (clear)

  1. Re:East Texas patent troll capitol of america .. by TheDarkMaster · · Score: 3, Funny

    We can nuke East Texas?

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    Religion: The greatest weapon of mass destruction of all time
  2. Re:Crap patents. by marsu_k · · Score: 1, Funny

    You're right, there's nothing truly innovative like rounded corners, grid of icons of slide-to-unlock here.