WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Feb 24 refused to hear Apple Inc's bid to avoid paying about US$440mil (RM1.86bil) in damages for using patent licensing firm VirnetX Inc's Internet security technology without permission in features such as FaceTime video calling.
The justices rejected Apple's appeal in the long-running case in which a federal jury in 2016 found that Apple had infringed VirnetX's patents and awarded US$302mil (RM1.28bil). A judge later increased that amount to US$439.7mil (RM1.86bil) including interest and other costs.