Apple and VirnetX have been battling for years over technology related to secure communications. — AFP
Apple Inc lost another round in its decade-long legal battle over hundreds of millions of dollars in royalty claims by VirnetX Holding Corp for patents used in virtual private networks including FaceTime.
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had already barred Apple from arguing the VirnetX patents are invalid, because such claims have failed in other cases. The full court on Feb 10 refused to reconsider the November ruling.
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