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04-17-2014, 07:40 PM
http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/D4dgbD4ttpnwo1VCmxJ98w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-04-17T223235Z_1_CBREA3G1QML00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/patent-lawsuit-against-google-fought-california-ruling-223235664--sector.html)By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday rejected a request by patent consortium Rockstar to transfer patent litigation from Google Inc's home turf in California to Texas, according to a court ruling. Rockstar, which counts Apple Inc as an investor, outbid Google and bought thousands of former Nortel patents from Nortel's bankruptcy in 2011 for $4.5 billion. Last year, the consortium sued several handset manufacturers whose phones operate on Google's Android operating system, which fiercely competes with Apple mobile products.



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