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Intellectual Property

May 21, 2014

Experts: Lenovo deal prompted Apple-Google settlement

Patent litigation experts say they think that the settlement struck by Apple Inc. and Google Inc. last week is a byproduct of Google's pending sale of Motorola Mobility LLC rather than a first step to resolving the so-called smartphone wars



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By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A settlement struck by Apple Inc. and Google Inc. last week may be a byproduct of Google's pending sale of Motorola Mobility LLC rather than a substantive first step to resolving the so-called smartphone wars, patent litigation experts say.


Apple and Google announced last week in a joint statement that they were voluntarily dismissing all litigation between th...

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