Apple and Google settle patent row

Mobile phone industry giants Apple and Google have agreed to dismiss lawsuits they had brought against each other over technology patents. In a joint statement, the companies said they would work together in "some areas of patent reform". But the deal did not include licensing their technology to each other. Apple - which produces iPhones - and firms that make phones using Google's Android software earlier filed dozens of lawsuits against one another. Earlier this month, a jury inalifornia ordered South Korea's Samsung firm to pay Apple $119.6m (£71m) for for infringing two of its patents. The court also ruled that Apple infringed Samsung's patents and awarded $158,000 in damages. Android software is now installed on some 80% of new phones sold every year.

Apple and Google settle patent row 2014-05-17T11:50:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Undercover 999