(GSM Insider) - The court ordered Samsung to pay for $1 billion of damages for Apple as the compensation of infringed Apple's patents. While the Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the victory is more about the values. And now Google that providing Android operating system to Samsung speaks.
The court of appeals will review both infringement and the validity of the patent claims. Most of these don't relate to the core Android operating system, and several are being re-examined by the US Patent Office. The mobile industry is moving fast and all players — including newcomers — are building upon ideas that have been around for decades. We work with our partners to give consumers innovative and affordable products, and we don't want anything to limit that. - Statement from Google.
From this statement, seems like Google distinguishes themselves from the responsible related to Samsung in the lawsuit. Google clearly stated that those devices that infringed Apple's patents are not related to Android. They added that they providing Android to the partners and let them to use without limit. Perhaps this hints that they are not responsible for any patents infringement.
Please check out the full list of devices that infringed Apple's patents and the comparison between those devices and Apple's devices. So what do you think?
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