7921211

6 known cases. View patent page →

Cases
6
Active
1
5 closed
Filed
2010–2016
Top venue
E.D. Texas Tyler
3 cases

Filing activity

2010: 1 case1'102011: 1 case'112012: 1 case'122013: 1 case'13'14'152016: 1 case'16
Cases asserting US Patent 7921211 filed per year.

VirnetX Inc. v. Aastra et al.

multiple trials and appeals; Cisco non-infringement verdict
Docket:
6:10-cv-00417-LED
Filed:
2010-08-11

VirnetX's case against multiple defendants; the '759 patent was part of the patent set. First Apple trial resulted in a ~$368M willful-infringement verdict. On appeal, VirnetX I, 767 F.3d 1308 (Fed. Cir. 2014), affirmed validity and VPN-on-Demand infringement, vacated FaceTime infringement and damages, and remanded. The Cisco portion ended with a Cisco non-infringement verdict.

VirnetX Inc. et al. v. Apple Inc.

active
Docket:
6:12-cv-00855-LED (consolidating 6:11-cv-00563-LED)
Filed:
2012-11-06

VirnetX and SAIC asserted patents against Apple over iPhone 5, iPod touch 5th gen., iPad 4th gen., iPad mini, and then-current Macs. The case was consolidated with 6:11-cv-00563 and later amended to add 8,051,181 and 8,504,697. It produced the 2016 retrial on the '504/'211 patents and the April 2018 trial on the '135/'759/'180/'151 patents; further post-trial/appellate proceedings continued into the 2020s.

VirnetX Inc. et al. v. Microsoft Corp.

settled
Docket:
6:13-cv-00351-LED
Filed:
2013-04-22

VirnetX and SAIC asserted four patents against Microsoft, including the '211 patent. The court's claim-construction order construed '211 claim terms. The case was resolved by settlement/license; settlement date and amount are not confirmed in the narrative.

Untitled case

reexamination affirmed
Docket:
95/001,789
Filed:
2011-10-18
Patents:7921211

Inter partes reexamination of claims 1–60 of the '211 patent. Cisco Systems is reported to have filed the request. Examiner found claims 36–60 invalid; VirnetX appealed to PTAB, which affirmed; Federal Circuit affirmed in 2019.