Judge voids VirnetX's $625.6 million Apple verdict; VirnetX plunges

A federal judge has thrown out a verdict requiring Apple Inc to pay VirnetX Holding Corp $625.6 million for infringing four patents relating to Internet security technology, causing VirnetX's share price to plunge. In a decision late Friday, U.S. District Judge Robert Schroeder in Tyler, Texas said it was unfair to Apple that two VirnetX lawsuits had been combined into a single trial. "The repeated references to the prior jury verdict in the consolidated case resulted in an unfair trial," Schroeder wrote.