Samsung asks to see terms of Apple-HTC patent settlement
Samsung Electronics asked a court in California to compel Apple to produce a copy of its settlement and patent license agreement with HTC, claiming the document is relevant to its own patent dispute with Apple.
Apple's willingness to license patents in the suit may undermine its claim of irreparable harm and demonstrate that monetary remedies are adequate, Samsung said in a filing on Friday.
HTC and Apple said earlier this month that they had settled all their outstanding patent disputes in a settlement that includes a ten-year agreement under which the companies will license current and future patents from each other. The terms of the settlement were kept confidential and not disclosed.
Apple has sought injunctions on the sale of a number of Samsung products for alleged infringement of its patents. U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh of the District Court for Northern California, San Jose division has scheduled a hearing in December to decide on Apple's plea for a permanent injunction on sales of some Samsung phones.
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