While HTC recently announced that it had reached a far-reaching settlement agreement with Apple over smartphone patents, Apple rival Samsung doesn't plan on backing down anytime soon. "We have no such intention" to settle, JK Shin, head of Samsung Electronics' mobile unit, told the AFP on Wednesday.

HTC was the first Android smartphone maker that Apple sued over smartphone patents in 2010. After several losses, particularly in cases before the International Trade Commission, HTC eventually capitulated. It signed a ten-year cross-licensing deal with Apple, though the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that HTC was indeed paying Apple licensing fees as part of the settlement. Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu suggested those fees might amount to $6-8 per device.

Meanwhile, Samsung has probably faced the most concerted legal onslaught from Apple over what it perceives to be "blatant copying" of the iPhone and iPad design and functionality for Samsung's Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets. However, Apple's record in courts all over the globe has been spotty at best— the company has taken some lumps in The Netherlands, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and most recently the UK. This is despite a $1 billion judgment handed down by a jury in a US patent lawsuit earlier this year; the court is just beginning to deal with post-trial issues and a likely appeal by Samsung.

Given the record so far, Samsung likely sees no reason to settle anytime soon. $1 billion is no laughing matter, but it's still a small amount relative to the potential profit in the burgeoning mobile device market, most of which is shared between Apple and Samsung.