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"An ongoing lawsuit between Motorola and Apple looks set to test the relationship between Google and Motorola Mobility, the handset firm that Google agreed to\u00A0buy for $12.5 billion.\r\n\r\nAccording to a Bloomberg report,\u00A0Google has been instructed to provide Motorola, and the case itself, with details of its plans to develop its Android mobile operating system, as well as information relating to the proposed acquisition.\r\n\r\nThe case first began in 2010 when Apple sued Motorola over alleged patent infringement. The feud was\u00A0ratcheted\u00A0up a notch in January when Motorola countersued Apple over its\u00A0iPhone\u00A04S and iCloud products, a move that the Guardian says was given Google's blessing.\r\n\r\nPresiding judge\u00A0Richard A. Posner has requested the information from Google because it is &amp;quot;highly relevant to Apple\u2019s claims and defenses.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAs it stands, Motorola will be required to disclose the information in June, when the judge has scheduled back-to-back hearings. The first trial will address six Apple patents, while the second will look at three Motorola patents.\r\n\r\nIt remains unclear exactly what details the judge requires at this stage, however Motorola has, unsurprisingly, voiced its dissatisfaction with the request. The\u00A0company says that Google is not a part of the lawsuit, and therefore its details are of no relevance to the case.\r\n\r\nFurthermore, Motorola lawyers have claimed that they are not able to access the details which belong to Google:\r\nGoogle\u2019s employees and documents are not within the \u2018possession, custody, or control\u2019 of Motorola, and Motorola cannot force Google to produce documents or witnesses over Google\u2019s objections.\r\nGoogle's planned purchase of Motorola Mobility sent shockwaves across the global telecoms industry. Concern was voiced that Google has damaged its relationship with the manufacturers that use its Android operating system by buying a competitor.\r\n\r\nGoogle said in a blog\u00A0post\u00A0that the deal \u201Cwill not change our commitment to run Android as an open platform\u201D, however it\u00A0could have implications\u00A0for Android, which is currently the world\u2019s most used smartphone operating system.\r\n\r\nThe deal to buy Motorola has gained approval from the US and the European Union already, leaving the firm waiting on a number of other bodies, which include the Chinese government, before the move gets the green light to finally go ahead."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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