From Fortune: ......The two sides aren't saying, but we can make
some educated guesses …. On Saturday, Apple announced that it had signed a
10-year cross-licensing deal -- the terms of which are confidential -- with a
second Android phone maker. The first
company was Samsung, which chose instead to take its chances in a California
jury trial that resulted in a $1.05 billion judgement it is currently fighting
to reduce.
The second was HTC, which for several reasons was more
inclined to cut a deal with Apple: Unlike Samsung, whose smartphone sales have
reportedly overtaken the iPhone, HTC's share of the global smartphone market
have been shrinking rapidly (to 4% last quarter from 10.3% in the same quarter
last year, according to IDC) Its revenue
and profits have fallen four quarters in a row
It already lost one patent fight with Apple at the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC), leading to a temporary ban on the sale in the U.S. of two of
its newest phones
It lost a high-profile countersuit, suggesting that the $300
million it spent on a portfolio of patents to gain leverage against Apple might
have been wasted…..
Wait, wait…there’s more at http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/11/11/what-were-the-terms-of-the-apple-htc-settlement/?iid=SF_F_MPM

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