Judge cuts half-billion-dollar verdict for Richardson software developer in suit against Oculus, Facebook

The $500 million copyright infringement award issued last year by a Dallas jury against Facebook and its virtual reality subsidiary Oculus was slashed by 50 percent this week by the North Texas federal judge handling the case.U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade issued his final judgment Wednesday in which he rejected pleas from Oculus that the entire $500 million jury verdict in favor of video game company ZeniMax Media be reversed. ZeniMax owns Richardson software developer id Software.But the judg