Following a two-week trial in San Jose, California, a jury reached a verdict (PDF) Friday afternoon finding that Apple doesn't infringe a patent own by Emblaze, an Israeli company that sued Apple back in 2010.

While the outcome is a clear victory for Apple, the jury declined to invalidate US Patent No. 6,389,473, titled "Network Media Streaming," which Emblaze said was infringed by Apple's HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) protocol. That protocol has been built into Apple products, including iPhones and iPads, since iOS 3.0 was released in 2009.

Emblaze accused several HLS-powered streams in Apple devices, including streaming video used by ABC News, ESPN, and sports services like the Professional Golf Association, Major League Baseball, and National Football League. The company also accused Apple Keynotes and the iTunes Festival. The jury didn't find any of the services infringed.

During trial, Emblaze's lawyers argued that it should get $511 million for Apple's infringement, for the period up to June 2013.

Emblaze used this same patent to sue Microsoft in 2012, and that case continues to move forward in the same court. An Emblaze official didn't respond to a request for comment via e-mail.

Not a "patent troll"—just a failed company

Emblaze manufactured and sold audio products, but it failed to sell its technology to wireless carriers or phone companies, Apple's lawyer said during opening arguments. Rather, Emblaze was a failure, "trying to make up for that lack of success in the courtroom," said Apple's lawyer, according to Bloomberg.

In closing arguments, Apple's lawyer hammered the point home, calling Emblaze "a company that just sues companies," according to a report in Law360.

Emblaze's lead attorney responded that the company is no "patent troll," emphasizing that as recently as 2008, it had hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.

While Emblaze still has some revenue streams, its courtroom patent demands dwarf its diminished operating business. Emblaze had $1.9 million in revenue in 2013.

The case went to the jury on Thursday. On 4:20pm on Friday, the foreman sent a note (PDF) to the judge announcing they had reached a unanimous verdict.

The Emblaze trial is one of a few cases suggesting that Apple isn't as willing to make settlement payments to patent-holding companies lately. In April, it won a case against another "non-practicing entity," called Golden Bridge Technology, when the judge ruled shortly before trial that Apple didn't infringe. This fall, Apple is set to head to trial against yet another patent troll, Hawaii-based GPNE Corp.—although it won't be allowed to call GPNE a troll.