Apple pays $454m to VirnetX in patent infringement case

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At least one of the patent cases between Apple and VirnetX now appears to be over

VirnetX, a security software and technology company that has also been described as a 'patent troll', says that it has finally received a payment of more than $454 million from Apple in one of its ...

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