Orange today issued a press releases stating that Sendo and Orange have reached settlement of the patent action between Sendo and Orange. According to Orange, Sendo have withdrawn the lawsuit and will contribute to Orange's costs, while the terms of settlement are to remain confidential. Sendo initially sued Orange over the claimed infringement of a patent granted to Sendo relating to the design of the circuit board within the Orange SPV smartphone, based on Microsoft's Smartphone 2002 platform.">