Apple and Samsung are holding two days of talks that will try to find a way to end this war between the two companies.
Over the past year, the two firms keep on having ongoing wars about who invented or has to the right to use particular technologies.
The talks have been ordered by a US judge as a way to speed up the process of this ongoing legal action.
Apple claims that the firm Samsung has used many of its patented technologies in its smartphones and tablets without getting the proper licences or permissions.
Apple has import bans in a bid to stop Samsung selling gadgets that use these patented technologies.
For its part, Samsung has asserted that apple has violated patents that it holds on third generation (3G) mobile technologies, and has sought sales bans on the iPhone in many different countries.
If talks prove successful, it would mean the end of all the legal actions around the world. In the past, Apple boss Tim Cook has said he dislikes legal actions and prefers to settle disputes rather than sue. However, samsung's mobile boss JK Shin told the Reuters news agency before the talks started that the two firs were far from agreement.
"There is still a big gap in the patent war with Apple but we still have several negotiation options, including cross-licensing," Mr Shin said before boarding a flight to the US.
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