(CNN) -- Apple sue us next? Not a chance. That's the gist of Google's message following Apple's $1 billion victory over Samsung in a California patent suit. The search giant is doing its best to quell fears that its Android operating system could be the next target for Apple's lawyers. And you can't blame them. Google has to do something to keep its partners in the smartphone and tablet world from panicking, to say nothing of investors. But experts say that while the Apple v. Samsung suit didn't describe a legal route that leads directly to Mountain View, Google had better watch its back.
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Google is trying to quell fears that its Android system could be the next target for Apple
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Experts say Google had better watch its back over possible patent litigation
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Analysts: there's no evidence the core Android system has infringed on Apple's patents
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@placeholder also filed claims that Samsung developed operating system features that violated Apple patents.
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Apple also filed claims that Samsung developed operating system features that violated @placeholder patents.
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@placeholder gives its licensees a plain, stock version of the Android operating system, which by itself does not violate Apple's patents.
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"It's essentially Google saying that the patent issues apply to Samsung's software changes and Samsung's hardware, but not to 'core' Android or other @placeholder products," says Philbin.
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The @placeholder jury was looking at what Samsung did or didn't do, not what Google did or didn't do.
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Still @placeholder is not immune to a patent lawsuit, even though it wouldn't be easy for Apple -- or anyone else -- to bring a case.
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"That doesn't mean Apple couldn't sue @placeholder, it just makes it more challenging to prove the direct impact," says McKenna.
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"@placeholder is on the record saying they want to destroy the Android ecosystem, and to do that it's either going have to go after the all the software makers, or every single hardware manufacturer that sells these things."