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TYLER JURY RETURNS A $502.8 MILLION PATENT VERDICT AGAINST APPLE

10/31/2020
Tyler, Texas - a federal jury has issued a $502.8 million verdict in favor of VirnetX, Inc. and Leidos, Inc. on two network security patents that were infringed by technology giant Apple Inc. The Oct. 30, 2020, verdict followed four days of trial before Judge Robert Schroeder III in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The case is VirnetX Inc. and Leidos, Inc. v. Apple Inc., No. 6:12-CV-00855. The case focused on Apple's infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,502,135 and No. 7,490,151. The jury's four men and three women were asked to determine how much Apple should pay for infringing the patents in the Apple iPhone and other devices. Their verdict includes damages of $0.84 per accused device since the 2013 launch of Apple's iOS 7 mobile operating system. ANDY TINDEL of the MT2 Law Group along with Donald Urrabazo of the Urrabazo Law Firm represented Leidos, Inc. in this action. VirnetX was represented by Caldwell, Cassady & Curry, P.C., Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC and Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth, P.C.

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