It was the same way with Samsung. Both companies dug in and essentially went to war with each other. Most people think it was Jobs&#x27; famous, &quot;thermonuclear&quot; comment that set the Samsung CEO off.<p>Over the past decade both companies have been attempting to amass more and more patents to use against each other. Both have had limited success against each other in court. When one wins a victory, it&#x27;s overturned somewhere else on appeal, or judgements are significantly  reduced.<p>Honestly, it&#x27;s a total stalemate. Apple&#x27;s suing over products that have been outdated for more than a decade. Samsung has already changed their design to avoid any more of Apple&#x27;s patents, making any future litigation impossible.