Samsung and Apple have had enough of the court battles, finally settle

Now for some real fun, the S6 versus the iPhone 6 Plus! (credit: Ron Amadeo)

In a protracted legal battle with Samsung that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs himself once dubbed a "thermonuclear war," the two mobile phone makers have now decided to finally settle a seven-year-old patent dispute that unfolded in courtrooms around the globe.

The Wednesday settlement comes weeks after the two sides went head-to-head in their fourth trial in a federal courtroom in San Jose, California. They have decided to bury the hatchet once and for all.

The May 2018 trial dealt specifically with design patents, which cover the look of the iPhone's outer shell, software icons, among other features.

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