US court tells Apple to pay $503 million over patent violation

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Apple told the court that it owed the claimant no more than $113 million

A jury in Texas ruled on Friday that Apple must pay $502.8 million in royalties to Nevada-based software firm VirnetX, over infringement of its patented VPN technology. The two firms have been f...

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