US Judge Orders Apple To Share HTC Deal Details With Samsung

Posted by timothy on Thursday November 22, 2012 @08:14AM from the mandatory-transparency dept.

another random user writes with this news from the BBC: "A U.S. judge has ordered Apple to disclose details of its patent-sharing deal with HTC to its rival, Samsung. Apple and HTC signed a 10-year licence agreement earlier this month, but did not make the details public. Samsung, which is also involved in various patent disputes with Apple, asked the courts to tell Apple to furnish the information. It said it was 'almost certain' the deal covered some of the patents at the centre of its dispute with Apple. The court ordered Apple to produce a full copy of the settlement agreement 'without delay,' subject to an 'attorneys' eyes only' designation, meaning it will not be made public."

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Look who works for Apple! by Freshly+Exhumed · 2012-11-22 08:45 · Score: 5, Funny

Truth is stranger than fiction...
http://imgur.com/gallery/Swtc9

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Re:The public loses out once again... by ozmanjusri · 2012-11-22 11:33 · Score: 4, Funny

Now it looks like Samsung gets to see the whole document "without delay" now that the judge has ordered it.
The good news is that Apple can give Samsung the original document, and they'll just copy it.
[ducks]

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