Tomas Chlebek Kuyambira 2010, mikangano patent pakati pa Apple ndi kampani ya VirnetX, yomwe imayang'anira umwini wa patent ndi milandu yotsutsana ndi makampani ophwanya malamulo, yakhala ikuchitika. Milandu yomwe adapambana m'mbuyomu inali yokhudza, mwachitsanzo, Microsoft, Cisco, Siemens, ndi zina zotero. Chigamulo cha khoti chamakono chotsutsana ndi Apple ndi zotsatira za pafupifupi zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi za milandu yokhudza kuphwanya patent ndi mautumiki a iMessage ndi FaceTime, makamaka mphamvu zawo za VPN.
Chigamulochi chinaperekedwa dzulo ku khoti la federal ku East Texas, lomwe limadziwika chifukwa chaubwenzi kwa eni ake a patent. VirnetX idaperekanso milandu ina yomwe yatchulidwa kale m'boma lomwelo.
Mlandu wapachiyambi pomwe VirnetX idasumira Apple chifukwa cha njira zawo zolumikizirana zotetezedwa idathetsedwa mu Epulo 2012, pomwe wodandaulayo adapatsidwa $ 368,2 miliyoni pakuwonongeka kwazinthu zanzeru. Chifukwa mlanduwu udakhudza zonse zomwe zidapangidwa komanso zomwe amagulitsa, VirnetX idatsala pang'ono kulipidwa peresenti ya phindu kuchokera ku iPhones ndi Mac.
Apple ili ndi FaceTime kuyambira pamenepo kukonzanso, koma mu September 2014 chigamulo choyambirira chinathetsedwa chifukwa cha kuwerengetsera molakwika kwa zowonongeka. Pakukonzedwanso, VirnetX idapempha $532 miliyoni, yomwe idawonjezedwanso mpaka pano $625,6 miliyoni. Izi zimatengera zomwe akuti zikupitilira kuphwanya mwadala ma patent omwe ali mutu wa mkangano.
Chigamulochi chisanachitike, Apple akuti adapereka chigamulo kwa Woweruza Wachigawo Robert Schroeder kuti anene kuti mlanduwu ndi wolakwa chifukwa chonenedwa molakwika komanso kusokonezeka kwa maloya a VirnetX panthawi yotseka mikangano. Schroeder sanayankhepo mwalamulo pa pempholi.
