In May, software giant Microsoft settled with little known company VirnetX for $200 million, after the former had been accused of patent infringement.
The patents in question covered methods for establishing Virtual Private Networks (VPN).
Microsoft now licenses the technology going forward.
This week, however, VirnetX has filed similar lawsuits against other technology companies, ... [ read the full article ]
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The beauty of it is, this was a dying company. They only made $43,000 last year. So this may mean a jump-start in their company. I don't exactly know what their goals are, but it is nice to see.
before i start applauding, i really would like to read the exact text of these patents. This could be a case of Patent abuse, which i would never encourage no mater WHO the victim is.. although i do love seeing Micro@#$% pay.
