Microsoft announced that it would pay $200 million to settle a patent-infringement suit leveled against it by VirnetX, which builds communication and collaboration technologies, including a method for establishing secure communication links between computers on a virtual network. In March, a Texas jury had found that Microsoft infringed on two U.S. patents held by VirnetX, and ordered the software giant to pay $105.7 million in a substantial legal judgment. East Texas has been the site of much legal trouble for Microsoft as of late, with the company also facing a patent-infringement suit leveled against it by Canadian startup i4i. – <p>Microsoft& will pay $200 million
to settle an intellectual-property suit with VirnetX Holding, which alleged
that the software giant infringed on its patents related to communications,
virtualization and collaboration technology. That monetary amount represents a
substantial markup from the $…