- General
- August 2, 2018
- 4 minutes read
Apple ordered to pay $145 million to Canadian patent licensing company WiLan by U.S. Jury
image credit : Apple Smartphone maker and technology giant Apple has now been ordered to pay the sum of…
image credit : Apple
Smartphone maker and technology giant Apple has now been ordered to pay the sum of $145.1 million to Canadian patent licensing company WiLan in a verdict coming after a decade long battle involving several lawsuits between both parties as WiLan has battled the Cupertino based giant over alleged infringement on its patents relating to the field of wireless communication.
After a deliberation in court which lasted over an hour, The San Diego Jury determined that versions of the company’s popular iPhone infringed on patents relating to wireless technology as stated by the Ottawa based technology development and IP licensing company WiLan.
WiLan states of the patents in question being the ones relating to “method and apparatus for bandwidth request protocols in a wireless communication system,” and “adaptive call admission control for use in a wireless communication system” which it holds and licenses to other companies for use in exchange for fees.
Previously in 2013, WiLan sought $248 million in damages over a separate lawsuit with Apple but was overturned as the U.S. Jury ruled in favor of Apple with the company declared not guilty of infringing on its patents as of then.
Apple has confirmed it will be appealing this decision earlier rejecting claims of patent infringement in filings which were made before the trial.
Apple has long battled with many companies which have taken to the courts with the tech giant over alleged cases of patent infringements having battled with the likes of digital camera maker Kodak, Motorola, Samsung, HTC, Nokia and Typhoon Touch Technologies among others with the iPhone maker just April this year ordered to pay the sum of $502.6 million to Nevada based security tech company VirnetX after a Texas Jury ruled it infringed on four communication patents relating to its FaceTime, VPN on Demand and iMessage services as claimed by VirnetX, A claim which Apple denies.
Publicly traded VirnetX was spun out of government contractor SAIC to develop secure communications for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with ambition of being acquired by Microsoft who ended up settling a legal battle with the company for $200 million in 2010.
VirnetX reported just over $1 million in revenue last year but has seen its stock boost high over to about $3 as of writing over hopes of the company dubbed a Patent Troll by several publications taking home winnings in patent lawsuits with several companies.
