Ondrej Holzman On American soil, there are two big court battles over patents and their infringement, and in the near future only the territory of the United States will remain the battleground between Apple and Samsung. The two companies agreed to end their protracted disputes in other countries.
Outside of the United States, the tech giants are also being sued in South Korea, Japan, Australia, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Patent disputes should continue only in the California Circuit Court, where two cases are currently pending.
"Samsung and Apple have agreed to withdraw all disputes between the two companies outside of the United States," the companies said in a joint statement to The Verge. "The agreement does not include any licensing arrangements and the companies continue to pursue pending cases in US courts."
It is precisely the battles in the American courts that are the largest in terms of financial amounts. In the first case, Apple won in damages over one billion dollars, the second case solved in May this year did not end with such a high penalty, but still Apple again several million dollars won. However, not a single dispute has definitively ended, rounds of appeals and protests are ongoing.
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Although the highest sums are settled on American soil, there is no dispute yet he didn't finish by banning the sale of certain products, which both sides were longing for. In this regard, Apple was more successful in Germany, where Samsung was forced to change the design of one of its Galaxy tablets to avoid the ban.
After last week's move, when Apple decided to withdraw its appeal and request to ban the sale of the South Korean rival's products in its first major dispute with Samsung since 2012, it looks like the parties could be in an endless legal battle tired. This is evidenced by the now announced composition of weapons on the European, Asian and Australian fields.
However, the disputes will almost certainly not be completely closed in the near future. On the one hand, the already mentioned two major cases in the United States continue to run, and in addition, peace negotiations between the top representatives of Apple and Samsung have already been held several times shipwrecked. A deal similar to that with Motorola Mobility it is not on the agenda yet.
