Three years after the suit was filed, Symantec and Trend Micro signed an agreement to cross-license their respective patents for antivirus applications; Network Associates was ordered to pay US $ 125 million in damages.
這場「小蝦米與兩隻大鯨魚」之爭，在 3 年的冗長訴訟後，趨勢與賽門鐵克達成和解，相互容許使用對方的專利，而網路聯合則被判賠償 1.25 億美元。