The day before the PTAB’s decision, a jury in the Eastern District of Texas awarded VirnetX a $625.6 million verdict against Apple in a case involving the ’151 patent and three other patents. The claims of the ’151 patent were asserted against Apple products with VPN on demand functionality.
Black Swamp IP LLC v. VirnetX Inc., IPR2016-00167 (PTAB Feb. 4, 2016) [Siu (opinion), Tierney, Easthom].