In recent weeks, Apple did not respect a decision of a UK court, it was forced to apologize to Samsung both on its own website and in the newspapers, and now is obliged to pay the court costs of the Koreans. Apple refused to comply with a court's decision to publish on its own website a text admitting that its patents were not infringed by the Koreans, and now that UK court is forcing Apple to bear the court costs that Samsung - did for the whole process.
I'm told by a reader in the UK that this sanction is the highest there is in the "loser pays" category, that Apple will have to pay for everything the lawyers cost Samsung, not just fees but parking, phone calls, and from day one. Indemnity in the sense that Samsung is to be made whole for being put through all this, I guess.
Apple will have to pay the fees of Samsung's lawyers, but in addition to these fees, they will have to pay their parking expenses, phone calls, etc., all from the first day of the trial. In Great Britain, the parties who lose a lawsuit are generally obliged to pay the court costs of the other party, but in the case of Apple the court went beyond the normal limits, forcing the company to pay the additional costs of the lawyers. For Apple we are talking about a humiliation, but this will not stop them from defending their rights in the courts.
