On November 4, 2011 VirnetX, Inc. filed a complaint regarding Certain Devices with Secure Communication Capabilities, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same. Apple Inc. is named as the only proposed respondent. VirnetX alleges that Apple, Inc. infringes U.S. Patent No. 8,051,181 (the “’181 patent”) for a “Method for Establishing Secure Communication Link Between Computers of Virtual Private Network.” The accused products include, at least, Apple’s iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad 2, iPod Touch, and Macs Running on the “Lion” operating system. VirnetX also filed a related case last week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas alleging that Apple infringes the ’181 patent.
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