Two of world’s major telecom giant Samsung and apple have decided to withdraw all patent related cases pending outside the United States.
The two companies have been locked in a prolonged war of legal attrition in close to a dozen countries, with each accusing the other of infringing on various patents related to their flagship smartphone and tablet products.
Both the rivals have come to this decision due to the challenges coming from the emerging market- India, China and Brazil.
In the year 2011, Apple sued Samsung in a US Court and swiftly went trans-continental with cases being heard in South Korea, Germany, Japan, Italia, the Netherlands, England, France and Australia among others.
The fight will continue in US courts where Apple has accused its South Korean rival of massive and wilful copying of its designs and technology for smartphones and tablets, and has asked for a bar on US sales of Samsung smartphones and tablet computers.
Samsung has counter-claimed that Apple had used some of its technology without permission.
Despite the multiple cases, neither company has managed to land a knockout legal blow against the other.
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/international-news/item/5643-samsung-apple-to-withdraw-patent-war-case-outside-us.html
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