ZEPHYR COVE, Nev., June 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- VirnetX™
Holding Corporation (NYSE MKT: VHC), an Internet security software
and technology company, announced today that on June 5, 2014, the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) denied all seven petitions for inter
partes review filed by RPX. These petitions sought review
of certain claims of VirnetX's U.S. Patent Nos. 6,502,135,
7,418,504, 7,490,151 and 7,921,211. The USPTO found that
Apple is an unlisted real party-in interest in all the petitions
filed by RPX and the Petitions were not filed within the time limit
imposed by the applicable statute. The USPTO thereby declined
to institute inter partes reviews of the challenged
patents.
"We are pleased with the USPTO's decision denying RPX's
petitions," said Kendall Larsen,
VirnetX CEO and President. "We continue to believe in the
validity of our
patents."
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, smartphones, 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.
Forward Looking Statements
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historical or current fact, including statements regarding
the strength of Virnetx's intellectual property, constitute
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements are based on expectations, estimates and
projections about the markets in which the Company operates,
management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by management
and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
unknown factors that could cause the actual 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 with the terms "believes," "belief," "expects,"
"intends," "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
May 09, 2014. 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
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