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Business Description and Basis of Presentation
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Business Description and Basis of Presentation [Abstract]  
Business Description and Basis of Presentation
Note 1 - Business Description and Basis of Presentation
 
VirnetX, Inc. ("we" or "VirnetX") develop software and technology solutions for securing real-time communications over the Internet.  Our patented GABRIEL Connection Technology™ combines industry standard encryption protocols with our patented techniques for automated domain name system, or DNS, lookup mechanisms, and enables users to create a secure communication link using secure domain names over wired or wireless (4G/LTE) networks.
 
Our portfolio of intellectual property is the foundation of our business model.  We currently own 20 patents in the United States and 26 foreign patents, as well as several pending U.S. and foreign patent applications.  Our patent portfolio is primarily focused on securing real-time communications over the Internet, as well as related services such as the establishment and maintenance of a secure domain name registry.  Our patented methods also have additional applications in operating systems and network security.  On December 1, 2009, we submitted a licensing declaration to the 3rd Generation Partnership Project, or 3GPP, identifying those of our U.S. and international patents which may be relevant to Long Term Evolution, or LTE. On March 14, 2011, we supplemented our licensing declaration to include five additional specifications. On April 28, 2011, at the request of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, or ETSI, we agreed to update our licensing declaration to ETSI under ETSI's Intellectual Property Rights or IPR policy.  We agreed with ETSI that we will make available a non-exclusive patent license under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions, with compensation, or FRAND, to 3GPP members desiring to implement the Technical Specifications identified by us, as set forth in the updated licensing declaration under ETSI's IPR policy. On June 17, 2011, in response to a request from the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, or ATIS, the North American Organizational Partner for 3GPP, we also agreed to make available a non-exclusive patent license to 3GPP members desiring to implement the technical specifications identified by us, as set forth in the updated licensing declaration under ATIS' IPR policy.
 
Our software and technology solutions provide the security platform required by next-generation Internet-based applications such as instant messaging, or IM, voice over Internet protocol, or VoIP, mobile services, streaming video, file transfer and remote desktop.  Our technology generates secure connections on a "zero-click" or "single-click" basis, significantly simplifying the deployment of secure real-time communication solutions by eliminating the need for end-users to enter any encryption information.
 
Microsoft Corporation is our first licensee and has been granted a worldwide, irrevocable, nonexclusive, non-sublicenseable fully paid up license of our patents for Microsoft products.  We intend to seek further license of our technology, including our GABRIEL Connection Technology™ to enterprise customers, developers and original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, of chips, servers, smart phones, tablets, e-Readers, laptops, net books and other devices, within the IP-telephony, mobility, fixed-mobile convergence and unified communications markets including 4G/LTE.
 
The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited.  These unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, applicable for interim financial statements.  Therefore, the disclosures do not include all the information necessary for complete financial statements in accordance with GAAP.  These unaudited interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, or our Annual Report. Interim financial reporting standards require us to make estimates that are based on assumptions regarding the outcome of future events and circumstances not known at that time. Inevitably, some assumptions will not materialize, unanticipated events or circumstances may occur which vary from those estimates and such variations may significantly affect our future results. In the opinion of our management, all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  Our financial results have varied significantly from period to period.  For this and other reasons, our operating results for any historical periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future period.