A never-ending story for Apple

A US appeals court voided a jury’s calculation that Apple should pay $503 million for infringing patents owned by licensing firm VirnetX and required yet another trial in the decades-old legal battle.

VirnetX dispute enters the eighth year

An eight year court battle between Apple and a patent troll has entered its eighth year with a federal court in Texas ordering Apple to pay $502.6 million to a patent troll called VirnetX.

Nicked four patents then hacked off the judge

Fruity cargo cult Apple has been ordered to pay $439.7 million for nicking the tech in four patents in FaceTime and other iOS apps.

Judge orders a retrial

Fruity cargo cult Apple has sort of won an appeal against a patent licensing outfit.