On Friday A jury in Texas ordered Apple to pay $503 million for infringing virtual private network technology patented by software security firm VirnetX.
The case between Apple and Nevada based VirnetX involved data transmission security in devices such as iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, according to court documents.
“We thank the jury for their time and appreciate their consideration but are disappointed with the verdict and plan to appeal,” Apple said in reply to an AFP inquiry.
“This case has been going on for over a decade, with patents that are unrelated to the core operations of our products and have been found to be invalid by the patent office.”
Apple said: “Cases like this only serve to stifle innovation and harm consumers.”
VirnetX contended in the suit that Apple VPN On Demand functions used its patented technology.
Apple had challenged the validity of the VirnetX patent.
