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An Apple iPhone and one in every of Samsung's Galaxy S telephones
Apple and Samsung have lastly settled a seven-year-long patent dispute, bringing to an end the long-running battle over the design of their rival smartphones.
The phrases weren't disclosed.
But it comes weeks after a US jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $539m (£403m) in damages for copying options of the unique iPhone.
The fight began in 2011, when Apple sued its South Korean competitor, looking for greater than $2bn in damages.
The go well with was the primary of many who noticed the 2 corporations sq. off in courts all over the world.
In 2012, a US jury awarded California-based Apple $1.05bn in damages for the copied options, which included design parts just like the display that shows icons in a grid.
Samsung appealed a part of that award, taking its case all the way in which to the Supreme Court, arguing that damages needs to be restricted since patent infringement concerned solely sure options.
In 2016, in a uimous determination, the Supreme Court agreed, handing a victory to Samsung.
But the justices didn't rule on the patents themselves, leaving that call to a decrease court docket.
That battle went to trial in May, ending in defeat for Samsung, which had argued that it owed solely $28m. Instead the jury set the award at $539mabout $140m greater than the determine it had appealed.