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Intellectual Property

Jun. 12, 2012

Nixed trial a setback for Apple

A major showdown in the smartphone legal wars, pitting Apple Inc. against Google Inc. 's newly-acquired Motorola Mobility subsidiary, was supposed to start today in the Northern District of Illinois.


By Craig Anderson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A major showdown in the smartphone legal wars, pitting Apple Inc. against Google Inc.'s newly-acquired Motorola Mobility subsidiary, was supposed to start today in the Northern District of Illinois.


Richard A. Posner, a prominent 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge, had been sitting by designation to preside over the trial.


But after months of wrangling, Posner abruptly canceled t...

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