Apple ordered to pay $625M in patent infringement dispute with VirnetX

 A customer uses facetime on an Apple Inc. iPhone smartphone device

Apple must pay VirnetX more than $625 million for using the patent licensing company's Internet security technology without permission in its FaceTime and iMessage features, a federal jury in Texas said on Wednesday.

The award was more than the $532 million VirnetX had asked for going into the trial, which began on Jan. 25 in Tyler, Texas. The jury said Apple's infringement was willful.

It was the second time VirnetX and Apple had battled in court. VirnetX had won more than $368 million in damages from Apple in a previous trial but in September 2014 a U.S. appeals court ruled the jury incorrectly calculated that award and ordered a new trial.

Also on Wednesday, Apple filed court papers asking U.S. District Judge Robert Schroeder for a mistrial, saying VirnetX's attorneys had misled and confused the jury during closing arguments. It is not known when Schroeder will make a ruling on that request.

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