What kind of patent is Apple in preying on patent / troll with payment order of 73.8 billion yen by Apple?

ByJimmy

Apple lost the patent infringement lawsuit from VirnetX and ordered Apple to pay $ 626 million (about 73.8 billion yen) from the federal jury. What is integral with the patents that Apple has used without permission, there is an act of causing lawsuits to acquire damages and licensing fees by making full use of patent rights "Patent · Troll"Is deeply involved.

Case 6: 12-cv-00855-RWS Document 425 Filed 02/03/1
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Jury: Apple must pay $ 626 million to patent troll VirnetX | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/02/jury-apple-must-pay-626-million-to-patent-troll-virnetx/

The jury that occurred this time caused VirnetX as a patent infringement by Apple and won 366 million dollars (about 29.2 billion yen at the time at that rate)Patent infringement litigation in 2012It will be a retrial. The appeals court inappropriate compensation amount of about 29.2 billion yen issued at the jury was decided to be rehearsed this time.

ByTori Rector

VirnetX is complaining that Apple's products such as "VPN on Demand", "FaceTime" and "iMessage" use VirnetX's secure communication patent (security technology) without permission. Apple's patent infringement was accepted at the previous hearing, but the amount of reparation payment increased to about 73.8 billion yen at this hearing.

Although it seems natural for Apple that committed a patent to pay reparation if it hears only the hearing results, in fact VirnetX is known for the act of patent and troll causing lawsuit only for acquiring damages and license fee It is a company that is not releasing products using patented technology.

You can understand the actual situation of patent · troll by reading the following article.

Movie which explained "What is patent / troll" in an easy-to-understand manner - GIGAZINE


In 2010, VirnetX sued Microsoft on VPN related patents, and Microsoft pays a settlement of about 200 million dollars (about 16 billion yen at that rate) to the companySettlementDid. Besides this, VirnetXCisco·Avaya·SiemensWe are filing a patent infringement lawsuit against companies such as companies.

In addition to VirnetX, there are many companies that earn a lot of money with patent / troll, and the lawsuit for patent /It covers 67% of the totalIt became clear in 2014.

Apple has done so farPager's patentOr iPhone or iPadPatent of high insulative single crystal gallium nitride thin filmMany patent lawsuits have been initiated, including other big companies, no exception. For patents and trolls that could have a major impact on the management of the company, the TROLL law to suppress malicious patent litigation was passed, companies such as Google and CanonEstablish a federation of companiesHowever, it is not easy to prove that malicious intent exists in patent / troll, so it is hard to stop patent / troll from this case of Apple this time I understand.

As Apple has disappointed in the verdictAppeal policyIt is solidifying.