ZEPHYR COVE, Nev., Feb. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- VirnetX™
Holding Corporation (NYSE MKT: VHC), an Internet security software
and technology company, announced today that on February 12, 2014, the Patent Trial and Appeal
Board (Board) at the United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) denied Apple, Inc.'s motions for rehearing of the decisions
not to institute seven of its requested inter partes reviews
(IPRs). The Board had earlier found that Apple's petitions
for inter partes review were not filed within the time limit
imposed by statute. In its motions for rehearing, Apple
alleged that the Board misunderstood Apple's arguments and
incorrectly applied the law. In denying Apple's motions, the
Board explained that it had properly considered Apple's arguments
but found them to be without merit.
"We are pleased that the Board has denied Apple's motions for a
rehearing and has reaffirmed its original decisions to deny Apple's
petitions," said Kendall Larsen,
VirnetX CEO and President. "We have a high level of
confidence in all of our dealings with the USPTO as well as the
district and appellate courts."
About VirnetX
VirnetX Holding Corporation is an
Internet security software and technology company with patented
technology for secure communications including 4G LTE security.
The Company's software and technology solutions, including
its secure domain name registry and GABRIEL Connection Technology™,
are designed to facilitate secure communications and to create a
secure environment for real-time communication applications such as
instant messaging, VoIP, smart phones, eReaders and video
conferencing. The Company's patent portfolio includes over 80
U.S. and international patents with over 100 pending applications.
For more information, please visit www.virnetx.com.
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the Company operates, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions
made by management and involve known and unknown risks,
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results of the Company to be materially different from the
historical results or from any future results expressed or implied
by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to
(1) the outcome of any legal proceedings that have been or may be
initiated by the Company or that may be initiated against the
Company; (2) the ability to capitalize on the Company's patent
portfolio and generate licensing fees and revenues; (3) the ability
of the Company to be successful in entering into licensing
relationships with its targeted customers on commercially
acceptable terms; (4) potential challenges to the validity of the
Company's patents underlying its licensing opportunities; (5) the
ability of the Company to achieve widespread customer adoption of
the Company's GABRIEL Communication Technology™ and its secure
domain name registry; (6) the level of adoption of the 3GPP Series
33 security specifications; (7) whether or not the Company's
patents or patent applications may be determined to be or become
essential to any standards or specifications in the 3GPP LTE, SAE
project or otherwise; (8) the extent to which specifications
relating to any of the Company's patents or patent
applications may be adopted as a final standard, if at
all; and (9) the possibility that Company may be adversely affected
by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors. In
addition to statements which explicitly describe such risks and
uncertainties, readers are urged to consider statements labeled
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"anticipates," or "plans" to be uncertain and forward-looking.
The forward-looking statements contained herein are also
subject generally to other risks and uncertainties that are
described from time to time in the Company's reports and
registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including those under the heading "Risk Factors" in
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on
November 12, 2013. Many of the
factors that will determine the outcome of the subject matter of
this press release are beyond the Company's ability to control or
predict. Except as required by law, the Company is under no
duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date
of this press release to conform to actual results.
Contact:
Greg Wood
VirnetX Holding Corporation
775.548.1785
greg_wood@virnetx.com
VirnetX and GABRIEL Connection Technology are trademarks of
VirnetX Holding Corporation. Other company and product names may be
trademarks of their respective owners.
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