Canadian patent licensing firm WiLAN Inc. said Tuesday that it has signed a new licensing agreement with Apple Inc. AAPL-Q in connection with wireless technology, resolving a patent dispute between the companies just weeks after Apple won an appeal of a $ 85-million lawsuit. WiLAN.
WiLAN’s parent company Quarterhill Inc QTRH-T said the agreement covers all litigation between WiLAN, its subsidiary Polaris, and Apple in the US, Canada and Germany.
Specific terms of the agreement were not disclosed, and the companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Apple sued WiLAN in 2014, seeking a ruling that it did not infringe any patents related to the allocation of bandwidth in a wireless network. WiLAN claims that iPhone 5 and 6 models have been damaged by using the LTE Wireless standard.
Apple has ruled in a U.S. court of appeals in Washington, DC in February, rejecting the $ 85-million jury verdict against the iPhone maker over problems with WiLAN expert testimony.
The decision was the second time the court has overturned a multimillion-dollar judgment for WiLAN in the dispute after it denied a $ 145 million jury victory in 2018.
WiLAN’s primary business is to purchase patents in fields including wireless communications, computer chips in the automotive industry, and licensing of technology to companies.
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