Samsung Settles with Apple to Finally End Patent Fight
Its finally over:
The patent war between the two biggest smartphone rivals has finally ended.
Samsung Electronics and Apple have settled a seven-year legal dispute over each other’s design patents. Neither disclosed the amount of the settlement.
The two giants informed the district court in San Jose, California, “they have agreed to drop and settle their remaining claims and counterclaims in this matter,” according to an order signed by Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District of California. The settlement means all suits will be dismissed and no further case will be filed on the same claim.
“We can only say that we have settled with Apple and cannot offer any comment,” said a Samsung spokesman.
The dramatic turn of the lengthy legal battle came a month after retrial jurors in the Northern District of California handed Apple $538.6 million in damages for Samsung violating design and utility (technical) patents that included the infamous “rounded corner” patent. Samsung at the time vowed to consider its options including another appeal. [Joong Ang Ilbo]
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