Apple and Samsung settle seven-year court battle

Apple and Samsung have finally settled a seven-year battle over smartphones that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The bitter rivals notified U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh of the truce in a notice filed Wednesday. Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed, AP reports.

The resolution comes a month after a jury concluded Samsung owed Apple USD 539 million for copying some of the iPhone’s innovations in some of Samsung’s competing products.

The verdict was reached after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 2016 ruling that determined a portion of earlier damages awarded to Apple needed to be re-examined.

Apple had been seeking more than USD 1 billion in the latest trial while Samsung argued it should only pay USD 28 million.

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