Android vs. iOS

Android vs. iOS

Apple and Google said late Friday that they have dismissed a series of lawsuits in which they were directly suing one another. The suits being settled involved Apple and Google’s Motorola unit, which is in the process of being sold to Lenovo. “Apple and Google have agreed to dismiss all the current lawsuits that exist directly between the two companies,” Apple and Google said in a joint statement. “Apple and Google have also agreed to work together in some areas of patent reform. The agreement does not include a cross license.” However, the move doesn’t bring an end to Apple’s patent issues against makers of Android hardware, most notably Samsung. A federal jury in San Jose earlier this month ordered Samsung to pay Apple $119 million in damages, ruling its Android phones infringed on Apple’s patents.

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