If Samsung wins the case, Apple will use its 8991 patents to force a settlement from the South Korean company, he added.

Meanwhile, Chowdhry said, Google will use its 14,770 mobile patents to defend its OEM partners, which includes Samsung.

Each player's strong portfolio of patents in the mobile space makes a negotiated settlement the most probably outcome, he said.

While Samsung and Apple have made attempts in the past to settle their differences, those efforts have failed. During the trial, it was revealed that Apple offered to cross-license some of its intellectual property to Samsung in 2010, but the South Korean company found the proposal unacceptable. A similar deal was later .