Potency of Industry Patents Key to U.S. Google-Apple Case
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Apple Inc.’s bid to limit Google Inc.’s use of certain patents as a tool to block imports of the iPhone and iPad may be getting traction at a U.S. trade agency, possibly altering the global battle over smartphones.
The U.S. International Trade Commission said yesterday it will review whether Apple, which gets about 75 percent of its revenue from the iPhone, iPad and related products, infringed four patents held by Google’s Motorola Mobility unit. A trade judge in April said Apple infringed one of the patents.