According to a court filing discovered by Reuters, Apple and Google’s Motorola Mobility unit have agreed to settle their ongoing smartphone patent litigation battle against each other.

In a statement, the two companies said that this agreement does not include the ability cross license each other’s patents, but rather the promise to “work together in some areas of patent reform.”

This does not include any other patent lawsuits against other manufacturers but it sure is a positive move and likely one that will benefit the end user. Nor does it stop future lawsuits.

However, in addition to agreeing to end the 20 or so patent lawsuits, both companies will help to change the legislation to try and curb the out of control patent system.