VirnetX wins another one from Apple, which will now have to pay $ 439.7 million for infringing patents

The case between Apple and VirnetX it just doesn't end!

At the end of 2016, Ma was ordered to pay US $ 302.4 million for infringing on inventions covering communications protocols used, for example, on FaceTime. Today, that account has gone up. The court responsible for the trial denied all of Apple's appeals, reaffirming VirnetX's charges and raising the final amount to $ 439.7 million.

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According to the TechCrunch, that extra US $ 137.3 million took into account an additional voluntary infraction of US $ 41.3 million (increasing the royalties per device from $ 1.20 to $ 1.80), plus interest, costs and attorney fees of $ 96 million. Still according to the website, Apple will appeal this new decision it can still appeal, even after it has already appealed once and lost.

The good news for Apple is that there is another dispute between companies, which could influence this case. Currently, the four patents used by VirnetX to sue Apple have been invalidated by the Patent and Trademark Office (Patent and Trademark Office) or by the Judgment and Appeals Council (Patent Trial and Appeal Board). The problem is that, even with this imbroglio, this annulment does not interrupt the dispute between Apple and VirnetX because the invalidation is not legally binding until all the resources have been exhausted and as Apple still said it will appeal

And so, the dispute that started in 2010 and has been going on for seven years is still going strong!