Apple lost a $368.16 million dollar verdict to VirnetX (VHC) in November 2012. VHC is a company many of us have owned (still own) in the the IP space. For a timeline perspective, both VHC and VRNG won their lawsuits (against Apple and Google, respectively) in November 2012 and both are now waiting for a CAFC decision - as oral arguments were held earlier this year. So it's more or less a two year window from that standpoint.
As we all know, each case is different. Some will go the distance. Some will settle early. And for those that do go to trial, each post-verdict strategy will be different. For those cases that get appealed to Federal Circuit before being resolved, sometimes the CAFC will act swiftly while other times it will take a long, long time. CAFC has been known to take outrageous actions (such as Sua Sponte en banc reviews).
So there is not much we can infer other than the possibility exists that Apple will defend itself with the utmost vigor, and investors should always be prepared to be patient when waiting for litigation to resolve. Patent litigation, by nature, is unpredictable.
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