A jury in Texas has ruled that Apple has to pay $ 502.8 million in royalties for a feature that lets iOS users access a VPN connection. The two companies have been involved in a legal battle for ten years.

Apple said in a statement it plans to appeal the decision. Patents that are unrelated to the core operations of our products have been found to be invalid by the patent office.

The ongoing court fight has gone back and forth, with a federal court in Texas ordering Apple in 2018 to pay $ 502.6 million for violating four patents relating to Internet-based communications.