Apple and Samsung CEOs agree to mediation

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #961515; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Summary:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 21px;"> Apple and Samsung have agreed to attend a mediation session before they head to court in March over smartphone patents.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><i>Reuters reports that the CEOs of Apple and Samsung have agreed to attend a mediation session on or before February 19, ahead of a courtroom battle over smartphone patents scheduled for March.</i></span></span><br /> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><i><br /></i></span></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnR2u_u8P8r4K5S2MHe0yLGJeyU9Ub-w5wNJS33yZGuB1GR8iZeSRYi4HFWVFC0xzX580MC8LmevGfUMXCQup6b04SqVepcHzGJyfDAYQi_mQvcEoJHOmvKBuQluDyyIRt7atTB_FpVW59/s1600/d305-patent-at-765px-620x482.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnR2u_u8P8r4K5S2MHe0yLGJeyU9Ub-w5wNJS33yZGuB1GR8iZeSRYi4HFWVFC0xzX580MC8LmevGfUMXCQup6b04SqVepcHzGJyfDAYQi_mQvcEoJHOmvKBuQluDyyIRt7atTB_FpVW59/s1600/d305-patent-at-765px-620x482.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #252525; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><i>Apple's and Samsung's legal teams met on January 6 to "discuss settlement opportunities," according to a legal brief revealed by Reuters. The document disclosed that Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook and Samsung Electronics CEO Oh-Hyun Kwon have agreed to attend a mediation session with only in-house lawyers in tow.</i></span></span><br /> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><i><br /></i></span></span> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><i>Apple and Samsung have gone to trial twice in as many years and juries have awarded Apple a total of $930 million. Reuters notes that Apple paid its law firm $60 million in legal fees to file patent litigation against Samsung.</i></span></span><br /> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><i><br /></i></span></span> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"></span></i></span><br /> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><i>The mediation could result in a settlement or a possible licensing agreement between the tech titans that could head off a larger, and more expensive legal battle in March. Pending a settlement, Apple Inc v. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will be heard in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (docket 11-1846) over Apple's claims that Samsung infringed its patents.</i></span></span></div>

Apple and Samsung CEOs agree to mediation

Summary:  Apple and Samsung have agreed to attend a mediation session before they head to court in March over smartphone patents. Reuters...

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