Apple and Google Call Ceasefire in Ongoing Patent Legal War

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Apple and Google Call Ceasefire in Ongoing Patent Legal War
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The ongoing legal war between two of tech's leading brands, Apple (http://mashable.com/category/apple/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) and Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), has finally come to an end, after they agreed to settle existing smartphone-patent lawsuits against each other.

In a joint statement, Apple and Google outlined a plan to work together on patent (http://mashable.com/category/patents/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) reform, an area that has seen the two companies locked in legal warfare for years

See also: 5 Free Android Apps for Tethering (http://mashable.com/2012/08/16/free-tethering-apps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


"Apple and Google have agreed to dismiss all the current lawsuits that exist directly between the two companies," according a statement (http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_25779365/apple-google-call-truce-patent-battle) released by both companies on Friday. "Apple and Google have also agreed to work together in some areas of patent reform. The agreement does **t include a cross license." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/17/apple-google-end-patent-war/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

More about Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Motorola (http://mashable.com/category/motorola/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Apple (http://mashable.com/category/apple/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Legal (http://mashable.com/category/legal/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Patent (http://mashable.com/category/patent/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/aEHf8PsHPwU