APPLE Inc and Samsung Electronics have agreed to
attend a mediation session to be held on or before February 19, as they prepare
to clash in court in March over smartphone patents.Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Oh-Hyun Kwon will
attend the session with in-house lawyers only, according to a Wednesday court
filing.
Their legal teams had met on January 6 to "discuss settlement opportunities,"
the filing read.
Neither company immediately return messages seeking
comment.
Apple and Samsung are embroiled in a legal battle
over smartphone patents across several countries that mirrors their global
battle for supremacy in the mobile device market.
The technology rivals are facing a March trial date
in the United States over Apple's claims that Samsung infringed its patents.
In the last two years, Apple and Samsung have gone
to trial twice in San Jose, California federal court, and juries have awarded
Apple a total of roughly $930 million.
Apple said in court documents filed in December that
it has paid its leading outside law firm approximately $60 million to wage patent
litigation against Samsung.
The case is Apple Inc v. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd,
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 11-1846.
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