The Financial Post reports in its Friday edition that BCE has emerged victorious from a $350-million IPTV patent infringement lawsuit. The Post's Emily Jackson writes that Mediatube Corp. and Northvu Inc. alleged in 2013 that Bell knew about their Internet-protocol television patent, discussed the invention with its creators and worked with them under a confidentiality agreement before launching Fibe TV, a competing IPTV service. The Federal Court ruled this week that Bell did not infringe the patent. Bell was awarded its costs elevated by 50 per cent, some of which will be calculated on a solicitor-and-client basis. Such costs are awarded primarily in the face of "reprehensible, scandalous or outrageous conduct," Judge George Locke wrote in his ruling. The case morphed from what was expected to be a high-stakes fight over IPTV technology into "something of a damp squib," Judge Locke wrote. A series of "unusual developments" changed the issue into a matter of costs rather than patent infringement. The corrected information made it clear that Bell had not infringed the patent, according to the ruling, but Mediatube and Northvu refused to drop the case. The exact costs will be determined in a later hearing.