Samsung and Apple have both agreed to attend a mediation session that will be held sometime before February 19, as both companies prepare to go to court in March to handle disputes over smartphone patents.
Samsung CEO Oh-Hyun Kwon and Apple CEO Tim Cook have been confirmed to attend the session with in-house lawyers, according to Reuters.
Legal teams for both companies met on Jan. 6 to "discuss settlement opportunities," according to a filing release this week.
Both Apple and Samsung have not commented on the mediation session as of press time.
The two companies have been battling with one another since 2011 over designs of smartphones and tablets,
Apple initially claimed that a number of Samsung Android devices, like the Nexus S, Galaxy S 4G, and Epic 4G, including technologies created by Apple. Samsung counter-sued, claiming Apple had infringed on Samsung's patents for their own smartphones, according to Reuters.
As of July 2012, both companies were apart of over 50 lawsuits that spans across several countries around the world.
Apple and Samsung have gone to court twice in San Jose, California Federal court since 2012. Juries awarded Apple approximately $930 million last year.
"For Apple, this case has always been about more than patents and money," Apple spokeswoman Kristin Huguet said in a statement in November 2013. "It has been about innovation and the hard work that goes into inventing products that people love."
In Dec. 2013, Apple confirmed in court documents that it has paid its outside law firm approximately 60 million to battle Samsung.
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