Amid ongoing standing battles with Apple and Lenovo (Motorola), Uniloc Corporation Pty Ltd. continues to fight efforts to unshroud details of its tangled agreements with Fortress Investment Group LLC. Yet, a close examination of documents already in the public domain, including filings in multiple state court cases brought in the aftermath of Uniloc’s 2012 settlement with Microsoft, yields a new understanding of the Uniloc-Fortress relationship. They also reveal a corporate life cycle fraught with funding turmoil, standing woes, and contentious disputes among parties eager to collect their share of Uniloc’s settlement revenues. Here, a look at the 15 years of chaos that led to Fortress’s recent takeover of Uniloc.