"We are disappointed by and
disagree with the Federal Circuit's decisions affirming the Patent
Trial and Appeal Board," said Kendall Larsen, VirnetX CEO and President.
"However, we are heartened by the strong dissent in one of the appeals.
We are evaluating all of our options, including potentially seeking
rehearing en banc."
VirnetX has two
currently-pending patent infringement lawsuits against Apple Inc., in
United States Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division.
The Apple I case and Case No. 6:12-cv-00855 ("Apple II") which covers
issues of alleged infringement, damages and willfulness by Apple's
redesigned VOD in iOS 7 and 8, the redesigned FaceTime in iOS 7 and 8
and OS X 10.9 and 10.10 and iMessage. None of the patents considered in
these decisions are at issue in the Apple I or Apple II cases pending
against Apple. Those matters include U.S. Patent Nos. 6,502,135,
7,490,151, 7,418,504, and 7,921,211.