A federal jury in California has awarded Canadian intellectual property company WiLAN Inc $145.1-million in damages against Apple Inc for patent infringement, according to a court filing on Wednesday.
The jury in San Diego determined that versions of Apple’s iPhone infringed two WiLAN patents relating to wireless communications technology, the patent licensing company said in a statement.
WiLAN is a unit of Quarterhill Inc.
Apple was not immediately available for comment on the verdict.
In 2013, a U.S. jury ruled in favor of Apple in a separate litigation in which WiLAN had sought $248-million in damages.
Founded in 1992 as a producer of broadband wireless technologies, Ottawa-based WiLAN has shifted focus to licensing an extensive patent portfolio.