Saturday, November 17, 2012

Apple and Google Talk Arbitration in Smartphone Spat




According to allthingsd.com Apple and Google haven’t yet buried their respective hatchets over the patent litigation between them, but evidently they are willing to put them aside for a moment in the hopes of negotiating a broader peace.

A new court filing in the pair’s infringement case reveal that Apple and Google have been discussing the idea of resolving their dispute over standard essential patents via arbitration. Earlier this month, the companies exchanged proposals about hammering out some sort of global licensing agreement over standards essential patents, and both seem to agree that binding arbitration is the way to go. From the filing:

Apple is also interested in resolving its dispute with Motorola completely and agrees that binding arbitration may be the best vehicle to resolve the parties’ dispute…..

Read all about it at http://allthingsd.com/20121117/apple-and-google-talk-arbitration-in-smartphone-spat/?reflink=ATD_yahoo_ticker

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