Apple was ordered to pay $85.23 million to Canadian technology licensing company WiLAN, after being found to have infringed on two of its patents covering wireless communications.
In a statement, the licensing outfit stated the ruling was handed down by the US District Court covering southern California late last week. The case was a rehearing of a trial made in August 2018, when a jury found Apple guilty of infringement and ordered it to pay WiLAN $145.1 million.
A tribunal conducted following the original case called for a fresh trial focused solely on damages.
The patents held by WiLAN, which is a subsidiary of Canada-based public technology holding company Quarterhill, are related to technology enabling calls to be made at the same time as data is being downloaded, Bloomberg reported.
In 2019, a district judge proposed WiLAN accept $10 million from Apple or move to another trial, after judging the IP company to have used an incorrect method to calculate the damages.
The patent company decided to have a new trial for recalculating the damages.
In 2010 the patent company sued Apple, HP and other companies for infringing on its Bluetooth technology [1].
[1] https://www.mobileworldlive.com/latest-stories/wilan-sues-apple-hp-others-on-bluetooth-patent/
