VirnetX Inc., Petitioner v. Mangrove Partners Master Fund, Ltd., et al.

  1. February 20, 2024

    Justices Won't Hear Apple Patent Challenge In $576M Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to consider if Apple should have been barred from joining a successful challenge to network security patents in a $576.5 million case, turning down cybersecurity company VirnetX Inc.'s argument that Apple's petition was filed too late.

  2. January 02, 2024

    Apple, USPTO Tell Justices VirnetX Can't Revive $576M Award

    Apple and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office have told the U.S. Supreme Court to reject VirnetX's appeal claiming that Apple was wrongly allowed into patent challenges that doomed a $576 million judgment, saying the issues VirnetX raises can't change the outcome.

  3. January 01, 2024

    Patent Cases To Watch In 2024

    A rare patent case taken up by the full Federal Circuit that has the potential to weaken design patents, and U.S. Supreme Court challenges to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's authority are among the patent cases attorneys will be tracking this year.

  4. November 22, 2023

    Justices Told To Look At Hirshfeld's PTAB Decisions Again

    A libertarian think tank is using a high court appeal over invalidated patents that at one point were worth over $576.5 million in order to recirculate an argument that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's former interim director, Drew Hirshfeld, didn't have the power to review decisions on patent challenges.

  5. October 27, 2023

    High Court Asks Apple To Chime In On Time Limit At PTAB

    The U.S. Supreme Court indicated Friday that the justices want to hear Apple's take on whether the Federal Circuit "gutted" the time limit for patent board challenges, shortly after a biotechnology industry lobbying group made the case that the rulings have "warped inter partes review into a vehicle for unending litigation."

  6. September 28, 2023

    Justices Asked To Revive $576M Patent Ruling Against Apple

    Cybersecurity company VirnetX Inc. has told the U.S. Supreme Court that the invalidation of network security patents Apple was ordered to pay $576.5 million for infringing cannot stand, because a decision letting Apple challenge the patents "gutted" the time limit on inter partes reviews.