Google Loses Bid to Disqualify Lawyers Suing Android Partners
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Google Inc., the largest maker of smartphone software, lost a bid to have a law firm it hired to help obtain patents barred from working with rivals that are pursuing infringement claims on the company’s Android system.
Google sought to disqualify Pepper Hamilton LLP from representing Alexandria, Virginia-based Digitude Innovations LLC in a patent lawsuit that targets makers of Android-based phones, including HTC Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Members of the same law firm have worked on behalf of Google on the Mountain View, California-based company’s patent submissions for Android.