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A US court has dashed a $368m windfall for technology hoarder VirnetX, which successfully sued Apple for patent infringement. The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington today tore up [PDF] the infringement damages figure given by a jury in a lower court – and sent the case back for reconsideration. A jury in the …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    So you can't sue Apple for X, but Apple can sue (Samsung) for 10 * X.

    Can't wait for Apple to rest with Jobs. Of course, what little feelings I have about Apple are now shared with Google and Microsoft (can't leave out Microsoft...not yet).

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  2. tony2heads
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    'hoarder' ?

    Do Trolls hoard?

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    1. Richard Taylor 2
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      Re: 'hoarder' ?

      Of course, that is what the bridge is for. Get up with it (or even back by a few K years :-)

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  3. Cipher
    Coat

    Reminds me of...

    Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeroes

    Right, heading for the door now...

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    Not read the article, to outraged by the title, do you mean cheque?

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  5. KroSha
    FAIL

    Software patents; ultimate in FAIL

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