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Google Covering Defense Costs and Damage Awards for Four Patents in Apple/Samsung Case

Google is covering lawyer fees and potential damage awards with regards to four patents in the ongoing Apple/Samsung patent case, according to a report (http://recode.net/2014/04/22/google-agreed-to-pick-up-at-least-some-of-samsungs-legal-defense-in-apple-case/) from Re/code, quoting deposition testimony from a Google attorney that Apple introduced in court today.
 
 Google's contractual obligations to defend Samsung relate to a "Mobile Application Distribution Agreement" between the two companies related to the distribution of Google applications, including Gmail on Samsung's Android devices. Samsung called several Google employees (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/03/30/andy-rubin-apple-samsung/) as witnesses as part of its defense.
 
 The case between Apple and Samsung is seen by many as a proxy for the larger battle between Google and Apple over the company's respective mobile operating systems.
 
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Apple played deposition testimony from Google lawyer James Mccoun, who verified e-mail in which Google agreed to provide partial or full indemnity with regards to four patents as well as to take over defense of those claims.
 
 A Samsung representative said he could not immediately say which if any claims in the case for which Google is in fact providing the defense and indemnity.

Yesterday, Samsung argued that, if it lost at trial, it would only owe Apple $40 million in damages, substantially less (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/04/21/samsung-owes-40-million/) than the $2 billion that Apple says it is owed for infringement of five of its patents.
 
 
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Source: Google Covering Defense Costs and Damage Awards for Four Patents in Apple/Samsung Case (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/04/22/google-defense-costs/)