Private Equity firm to purchase MosaidWell guys the horsesh!t is over. That is what I have been predicting all along. WiLan did not get Mosaid. "Skippy" could not pull off the deal. Amen!"Sterling Partners, which manages about $5-billion (U.S.) in assets, will purchase Mosaid for $46 (Canadian) a share, or $590-million. The deal puts an end to an acquisition attempt by Ottawa-based patent firm Wi-LAN Inc. (WIN-T6.700.477.54%), which had hoped to combine Mosaid’s patent portfolio with its own, creating a Canadian licensing powerhouse in the process. Wi-LAN’s most recent bid, which the company said would be its last, was $42 a share."Now let's get down to WiLan's business.