Apple has lost a patent dispute with patent troll VirtnetX and has been order to pay $368 million in damages, reports AllThingsD. The case stems back to April last year when VirtnetX accused Apple of infringing its US Patent No. 8,05,181 for a ìMethod for Establishing Secure Communication Link between computers of Virtual Private Network.î VirtnetX has also filed a similar complaint with the ITC arguing that Appleís iPhone, iPad and Mac lines also violate its patents.