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Jury: Apple must pay $626 million to patent troll VirnetX
An East Texas jury has ruled that Apple must pay patent-holding company VirnetX $625.6 million for infringing four patents. It's a massive verdict for VirnetX, a company that has no products and makes its money solely through patent litigation. The verdict form (PDF) shows the jury found Apple infringed on every patent claim that was at issue. The first question was how much Apple should pay for infringement related to two VirnetX patents...
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If a decision rests on weather or not the litigation happens in a corrupt east Texas town, that's not justice. If the decision could be reached in a jurisdiction picked at random, I would be ok with it.
These patents seem that will also affect Android devices and Google Services. Jeez, we need to make it illegal for companies to hold a patent for more than a 6 months if they don't build a marketable product using those patents.