SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle v. Google could still be a fight worth millions — in attorney fees.

Oracle Corp. took Google Inc. to court on a quest for eye-popping damages in the first of the smartphone wars to go to jury trial. Oracle lost on almost every claim and can only get a fraction of the billions it once sought. So observers say they expect Google to try to recoup the small fortune it surely paid Keker & Van Nest and two other firms to do battle with the likes of David Boies and top Morrison & Foerster IP litigators.