Apple's patent infringement trial might have reached a point many have been expecting: the inclusion of Google's Android operating system.
Apple has told U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal that Google is withholding information that the Cupertino company has previously requested.
According to Bloomberg, Apple is using its patent infringement trial against Samsung Electronics Co. to ask Judge Grewal to make Google turn in documents related to its Android mobile operating system.
Ahead of the second patent infringement trial with Samsung, Apple claims that since the Android platform is used in all of Samsung's allegedly infringed products, it "provides much of the accused functionality."
"It's a question of transparency," said Apple attorney Mark Lyon to Judge Grewal yesterday. "We have concerns that [Google is] not doing a full search."
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh ordered the second patent infringement trial. The second trial will feature newer smartphones such as Apple's iPhone 5 and Samsung's Galaxy S3.
As Latinos Post has been monitoring, Judge Koh reduced the $1.05 billion verdict, awarded by a jury to Apple last August, by 40 percent. The percentage equates to approximately $450.5 million.
"I'm sure that if you asked Samsung, they'd tell you that while Apple can seek even more damages [in the second patent infringement trial], Samsung is convinced it's not entitled to them and believes that it's now in a position to at least bring down the damages figure," Foss Patents noted.
Latinos Post has covered the Apple vs. Samsung trial with a series chronicling the patent infringement case. The first installment can be read here, dating back to Apple's original complaint, while the second installment on how the Apple vs. Samsung trials are proceeding worldwide, can be found here. The third installment on its impact on other tech companies, such as HTC and Motorola, can be viewed here.