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"Google and Motorola have been ordered to hand over information about the development of Android to Apple by a US court. Judge Richard A. Posner also ruled that the firms must reveal details of their imminent merger to their rival, Bloomberg reports. Posner&amp;#039;s decision came in a patent lawsuit filed by the iPhone maker in 2010 against Motorola, which has since hit back with a counterclaim. The two firms have a series of back-to-back disputes lined up to be heard in the judge&amp;#039;s court, the first of which is scheduled for June. As Google&amp;#039;s $12.5bn (\u00A37.7bn) acquisition of Motorola grants the firm access to its extensive patent library, the search engine firm has been drawn into the dispute. However, Motorola argues that its soon-to-be-parent company is not a party to the lawsuit. &amp;quot;Google&amp;#039;s employees and documents are not within the &amp;#039;possession, custody, or control&amp;#039; of Motorola, and Motorola cannot force Google to produce documents or witnesses over Google&amp;#039;s objections,&amp;quot; the phonemaker&amp;#039;s lawyers stated. Google, Motorola and Apple are yet to comment on Posner&amp;#039;s latest ruling. &amp;gt; Apple calls for revised patent licence rules "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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