Apple wants $502.8 million jury verdict for VirnetX reduced — Apple World Today

Apple asked a Texas federal judge Thursday to reduce a US$502.8 million jury verdict for VirnetX in a network security patent case, reports Law360 (a subscription is required to read the entire article).

The tech giant argued that VirnetX introduced evidence at trial of other licensing agreements that didn’t involve comparable technology, causing the jury to award an inflated royalty price per device.

This is part of a years-long legal battle between the two companies. In January 2014 VirnetX Holding Company, an Internet security software and technology company (and, by most considerations, a “patent troll”) filed a motion with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas seeking to supplement its infringement contentions against Apple, the defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit.