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Apple ordered to pay patent troll more than $500 million in iMessage case

Apple ordered to pay patent troll more than $500 million in iMessage case

Posted by | Apr 11, 2018 | , |

The eight-year battle between Apple and VirnetX takes another turn. Apple has been ordered by a federal court in Texas today to pay $502.6 million to a patent troll called VirnetX, the latest turn in an eight-year-old legal battle over FaceTime and iMessage patents, according to Bloomberg. Apple and VirnetX have been fighting in court since 2010, when the patent-holding company said the iPhone maker infringed on four of its patents related to internet-based communications. The legal battle has been protracted, and it involves multiple lawsuits and a dizzying number of appeals. Last we heard of the fight was...

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Mark Zuckerberg hits back at Tim Cook

Mark Zuckerberg hits back at Tim Cook

Posted by | Apr 3, 2018 | , |

The Facebook (FB) CEO defended his company’s business model in an interview published by Vox on Monday, arguing that recent criticism from his counterpart at Apple was unfounded. Cook recently called for increased regulation of social media, and questioned the practice of monetizing user data on free platforms by selling ads that allow advertisers to target specific groups. “You know, I find that argument, that if you’re not paying that somehow we can’t care about you, to be extremely glib. And not at all aligned with the truth,” Zuckerberg told Vox in response to a question about Cook’s criticism....

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