Apple is Targeting Google in Samsung Lawsuit

Apple and Samsung Electronics will meet once again in courtroom in another tech patent faceoff in San Jose, California, this week. The trial will mark the latest round in a long-running series of lawsuits between the two tech giants that underscore a much larger concern about what is allowed to be patented. However, now there is one unnamed party in the case - Google.

This time Apple is accusing Samsung of patent infringement, but Samsung says that most of those features were licensed from Google - in its operating system, Android. The argument will also be that Google had those features long before Apple. This means that if Apple wins, Google may have to make changes to critical Android features, and Samsung and other Android phone makers might have to modify the software on their phones.

"There's a widespread suspicion that lots of the kinds of software patents at issue are written in ways that cover more ground than what Apple or any other tech firm actually invented," Notre Dame law professor Mark McKenna said. "Overly broad patents allow companies to block competition."

In this case Apple demands that Samsung pay a $40 royalty for each Samsung device running software allegedly conceived by Apple, more than five times more than the amount sought in the previous trial and well above other precedents between smartphone companies. If Apple prevails, the costs to Samsung could reach $2 billion. Apple's costs, if it lost, are expected to be about $6 million.

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