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TYLER, Texas \u2013 For the second time this year, firm founder Johnny Ward<\/a> of Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, has helped a client win a multimillion-dollar patent infringement verdict against technology giant Apple Inc.<\/p>\n

The $302 million verdict handed down Sept. 30 in favor of VirnetX Holding Corp. follows another verdict from earlier this year in which Mr. Ward helped the same client win a $625 million verdict<\/a> against Apple. That award was later vacated and the trial court split the case into two separate trials, the first of which was decided Friday in VirnetX Inc., et al. v. Apple Inc<\/em>., No. 6:10-CV-417.<\/p>\n

The verdict was Ward, Smith & Hill\u2019s second multi-million dollar win over Apple in less than two weeks. Named partner Wesley Hill<\/a> helped secure a $22 million jury award<\/a> against Apple on Sept. 14 for Cellular Communications Equipment, LLC.<\/p>\n

The recent verdict for VirnetX followed one week of trial before the Hon. Robert W. Schroeder III in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Tyler. The jury based the award on the amount of royalties Apple owes VirnetX for infringing four of the company\u2019s internet security patents.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe evidence in this case clearly showed that Apple wrongly infringed legal patents owned by VirnetX in order to help sell millions of iPhones and other devices,\u201d says Mr. Ward. \u201cThe verdict represents the amount that the jury believes VirnetX should have been paid in royalties for Apple\u2019s use of the company\u2019s technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to Mr. Ward, VirnetX was represented by attorneys from Dallas\u2019 Caldwell Cassady & Curry and Tyler\u2019s Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth, P.C.<\/p>\n

Longview, Texas-based Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC, has tried more than 350 cases to verdict, earning a national reputation in high-stakes claims involving complex commercial litigation, intellectual property law, oil and gas matters, bad faith insurance claims, and serious personal injury claims. The firm frequently assists lawyers nationwide in complex cases before Texas juries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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