Just days after VirnetX Holding Corporation( AMEX:VHC)
won
a lawsuit against Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) for patent violations and was awarded
damages of $368 million, it has filed another patent violations case against
the iPhone maker.
VirnetX had filed the previous suit for violation of
patents relating to a technology used in virtual private networks.
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The company has included more products such as the
iPhone 5, the new iPad Touch, the new iPad, iPad Mini and the latest Mac
computers, which had not been included in the previous suit since they were
released later.
The new complaint includes allegations of wilful
patent infringement regarding four patents owned by VirnetX, U.S. Patent Nos.
6,502,135, 7,418,504, 7,921,211 and 7,490,151.
In its complaint, VirnetX said it sought both damages
and injunctive relief.
On Nov. 6, a U.S. district judge had awarded VirnetX
millions of dollars in damages for violation of four patents by Apple, which
used the technology in its Facetime feature, which facilitates video calling.
VirnetX's software and technology services, including
its secure domain name registry and GABRIEL Connection Technology, are designed
to facilitate secure communications for real-time communication applications
such as instant messaging, VoIP, smart phones, eReaders and video conferencing.
The company's patent portfolio includes 20 U.S. and 26
international patents and over 100 pending applications.
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