Apple Fails to Wrest Android Data From Motorola Mobility

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Apple Inc. lost a bid to force Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. to turn over data about Google Inc.’s development of its Android mobile-phone operating system and planned acquisition of the mobile-phone manufacturer.

U.S. Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, who in June will preside over back-to-back patent trials pitting Apple against Motorola, denied the production request in a single-paragraph order issued yesterday.