The patent spat between Apple and Samsung might have earned the top spot in the history of lawsuits as far as the drama is concerned, but it looks like the two giants are finally losing the will to keep going at each others' throats. Last month, the two companies decided to drop their appeals against an ITC ruling that would have banned a few existing Samsung devices and given Apple the upper hand in yet another hardware patent, and today the iPhone manufacturer has decided to drop yet another appeal against Samsung, in its first case against the Korean manufacturer in California.
Apple and Samsung are still expected to go to court over the second California case ruling, a hearing for which took place a few weeks ago, with Apple looking at getting a permanent injunction against some of Samsung's infringing devices. However, it looks like the days of heavy melodrama in the two companies' lawsuits might soon be coming to an end, and hopefully both will realize how all of this has been nothing but a waste of time and resources.
