Apple ordered to pay $502 million in FaceTime patent dispute
Apple has been ordered by a US federal court to pay $502.6 million to security technology company VirnetX for infringing patents for secure communications. First filed in 2010, VirnetX claimed that Apple's FaceTime, VPN on Demand, and iMessage features infringe four of its patents. Earlier, Apple was ordered to pay $440 million to VirnetX for these patented technologies.