New court documents reveal that Apple and Samsung are set to sit down and speak rationally in a mediation session ahead of they head back to court in March.
Apple CEO Tim Cook and his Samsung equivalent, Oh-Hyun Kwon, will attend a private session just before February 19, with only their in- property legal teams in tow.
Right after a year of explosive court clashes in 2012, 2013 saw Apple and Samsung settle down a bit and 2014 may possibly even see them behave like adults.
The quiet talks could result in a court- much less settlement over Apple's claims that Samsung has copied its tips and infringed on its patents relating to the iPhone and iPad.
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Reuters says that the court documents that mention the mediation session also reveal that while the tech world's eye was on CES 2014, the two companies' legal eagles met to talk about a achievable settlement on January 6.
The indicators for a settlement appear very good, offered that word also surfaced at the finish of 2013 that talks about a deal have been ongoing.
That stated, the two companies have danced this dance before and nonetheless ended up in court so, like youngsters of a broken property, we'll just have to go back up to our rooms, turn the music up loud and drown out the sounds of shouting from beneath.
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