Patent licensing company WiLAN finally cracked Apple's defense, will get a check for $145 million

WiLAN started as a company that did research and development in the field of wireless telecommunication technologies, but in 2006 its executives decided to shift the company's focus to licensing its intellectual property and patents. By 2015 the company had acquired around 10,000 patents, separated its R&D team in a different company and started offering other IP owners know-how on monetization.

Apple and WiLAN have a long history of court battles. The first started in 2007 when WiLAN claimed Apple was infringing some of its Wi-Fi related patents. Three years later the company claimed ...