Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), si Motorola are two of the companies with the most open processes in the whole world, but recently they they agreed that 14 patents invoked in a US lawsuit should no longer be part of their lawsuit requests. Those from Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), they gave up 6 invention patents invoked in the process, Motorola gave up another 8, and in the end there are 8 patents that the court will have to analyze and based on the claims of the two companies, it will have to judge and make a decision about their.
Yesterday (Monday, July 29 2013) Apple and Motorola filed a stipulation to dismiss a total of 14 patents from the Miami case. Apple had previously dropped two patents (although it reserved some rights subject to what happens on appeal), so the case was down from 24 to 22 patents. Under yesterday's stipulation, Motorola drops eight patents and Apple withdraws six, restoring parity. Subject to the court's (very likely) approval of this stipulation, either party will be asserting four patents going forward.
Apple and Motorola have opened several lawsuits in the US and in other countries around the world, but for now none of the companies seems willing to give up most of the claims and there are no indications that they are in private discussions for solving problems.
