At the end of last week I told you that the presidents of the Apple and Samsung companies they will meet on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the lawsuits open in the US courts. Unfortunately, after two days of negotiations the parties would not have reached a common point regarding the conclusion of these legal disputes, but probably no one expects a different result. The representatives of the two companies would have maintained their positions in the lawsuits during this mediation and practically it seems to have been useless, according to a representative of Samsung.
Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung and Shin Jong-kyun, head of the firm's mobile division, left Seoul Sunday for the United States to meet Apple CEO Tim Cook by order of the Northern District Court of California, in an attempt to settle the patent fight without going into costly legal proceedings... The two technology giants could find no clear agreement through the talks, according to a Samsung official. Apple Korea declined to comment on the matter.According to foreign media outlets, both technology giants held firm on their assertions: Samsung continued to demand Apple pay royalties for using its wireless transmission technology and Apple insisted that Samsung copied its design in various products.
If this mediation had been successful, then the lawsuits in the US would have ended and the same thing would probably have happened with the lawsuits around the world. The two companies have opened dozens of lawsuits worldwide, Apple accusing Samsung of copying the design of iDevices and Samsung accusing Apple of using technologies related to telecommunications systems. Considering that none of the two parties seems willing to give in, everything that happened last year will be repeated this year.
On Friday, we might find out the official position of those from Samsung, but until then we stay with this rumor.
