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Apple and Samsung: Doomed to be frenemies forever?

01
Jul
2014

Apple and Samsung have been at each other’s throats for years now, bickering over mobile patents and handset design elements in courtrooms around the world. Apple is thus far the only company to score a substantial win, having been awarded nearly $1 billion in damages following a favorable decision in its first big U.S. patent trial. But while these two giants continue to do battle in courts across the globe, Apple is still one of Samsung’s biggest customers as it buys billions of dollars worth of smartphone, tablet and computer components from Samsung’s manufacturing arm. Are these two tech titans doomed to be frenemies forever? FROM EARLIER: Jury finds Samsung guilty of infringing some patents in Apple trial – awards paltry $120M While “forever” is

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