Apple and HTC reach global legal settlement
It would seem that the patent wars between Apple and HTC are no more as both camps have released a statement detailing a 10 year settlement between them. This is a monumental development for not just the two companies themselves, but for the legal universe surrounding technology and gadgets on the whole. As for HTC and Apple, they’ve made it clear that this agreements means they’ll be able to focus on product innovation for a long time to come. The two groups reported from Taipei and Cupertino with news that today, November 11th, 2012 (depending on where you live, of course), they’ve reached a “global settlement” that will take them both out of battles between one another for a full ten years at least. The agreement they’ve made will be covering not just current patents, but past and future patents as well. Both HTC and Apple have sent out short comments on the matter as well. HTC and Apple have reached a global settlement that includes the dismissal of all current lawsuits and a te...