Simon Cowell and Simon Fuller Settle  11/29/05

British music moguls Simon Cowell and Simon Fuller have reached an out-of-court settlement in their dispute over the American Idol judge's UK TV show The X Factor.

Former Spice Girls manager Fuller filed suit against Cowell in September 2004, claiming the latter's ITV show X Factor copied the format of Britain's original Pop Idol and its US version American Idol, which are produced by Fuller's production company 19TV.

After two case postponements in London's High Court, the feuding friends finally came to an agreement late Friday (25NOV05).

Cowell says, "We're delighted with the outcome. People think we hate each other but we don't, we're good friends."