After years of battling in courtrooms around the world, it appears Apple and Samsung may be starting to grow weary of litigation. In the latest sign of this, Apple has filed a motion to drop a cross-appeal against Samsung on a matter related to the first California case decided a couple years ago between the two companies. The motion, filed with the Court of Appeals, ends Apple's attempt to secure a permanent injunction against Samsung over multi-touch functions.
Apple had previously appealed to the Court of Appeals regarding Judge Koh's denial of a permanent injunction. That initial appeal was partially successful and resulted in Judge Koh reconsidering the matter. However, for a second time, Judge Koh denied Apple's request. The present appeal, which Apple just dropped, was based on Apple's position that Judge Koh used a standard that was too high in rendering her decision.
In addition to this move by Apple, both parties agreed last month to drop their respective appeals of an ITC ruling on Apple's complaint. In general, it seems the parties are slowly letting various avenues for litigation fade away. In addition, no new complaints have been filed for close to two years now.
Apple has not entirely dropped the concept of securing a permanent injunction against Samsung. Their focus now though is to try to secure such an injunction as a result of the second California case that was held a few months ago.
source: FOSS Patents
