When it comes to their courtroom battles Samsung and Apple rarely agree on anything, both companies have filed suits and countersuits against each other and even though it has been a few years since this has been going on an end is yet to be achieved. Perhaps the companies are growing weary because both Samsung and Apple have submitted a joint statement to a California district court announcing that they've reached an agreement to take part in court-supervised mediation to settle their arduous patent lawsuit.
Attorney from both companies said in the filing that Samsung and Apple are ready to enter mediation talks which will cover settlement terms concerning the first patent trial between them. Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero will be presiding over the mediation that takes place in November. Don't get your hopes up for a resolution though, the companies have taken part in court-supervised mediation before their first jury trial in 2012 and once again before the second trial last year but an amicable settlement wasn't reached. Who knows, as they say, third time's the charm. Samsung and Apple have decided to give mediation another shot as their case enters a second damages retrial which is scheduled for early next year, it aims to ascertain damages worth $1.05 billion awarded to Apple as Samsung was found guilty of patent infringement in the first trial, but since then a series of successful appeals and retrials from Samsung has brought down the amount to $548 million.
