Apple has settled its long-running dispute with patent licensing firm WiLAN and entered into a new licensing agreement with the company. WiLAN, which purchases patents relating to mobile communications and other areas of technology in a bid to commercialise them through licensing agreements, has been involved in several disputes with Apple since the launch of the first iPhone. In this instance, WiLAN alleged that the iPhone 5 and iPhone 6 infringed its intellectual property relating to the 4G standard – the iPhone 5 was the first Apple smartphone to be compatible with LTE.
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