Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs personally got in touch with Samsung last year to try and head off a protracted legal battle, patent council senior director Richard Lutton claimed in an Australian court hearing on a possible preliminary ban. Supposedly trying to head off legal action, Jobs made some of the initial contact, giving Samsung a "chance to do the right thing," the WSJ heard. It was the "deep relationship" Apple had with Samsung as one of its most important suppliers that led him to make the gesture, according to the testimony.
