A Texas court has been formally asked by VirnetX the infamous patent troll to stop Apple from providing its customers the iMessage and Facetime features. This request was made following the victor of Virnet X in court earlier in the year regarding that they had to be paid by Apple a sum of $625 in damages. Now it seems to be that the company wants this to increase by $190 million or more.

The report of Law 360 stated that Virnet X which is a technology company in Texas at a post trial hearing argued that even though there was an injunction blocking the popular messaging feature and video chatting of the company along with what may seem to be a remedy that is harsh for the demand feature to come with a private network. The claim is that this is something which is considered to be necessary considering the harm that the infringement of Apple caused which cannot be repairable. It was also requested by the company that the jury should consider increasing the award for the damages that are done by at least $190 million or more with an argument stating that for unreasonable litigation tactics, the company has been a poster child.

The patent fight between the patent troll VirnetX and Apple over the iMessage and Facetime goes back to a ruling that had happened in 2012 where Apple had been instructed by the court to pay in damages an amount of #368.2 million. A retrial was followed as eventually the ruling had been thrown out. In the retrial, Virnet X has requested the amount of $523 in damages after iMessage and Facetime was still offered by the company. Virnet X has now requested the court to block iMessage and Facetime Company as well as the demand for money is also in the picture.