“Google claims Pepper Hamilton LLP never provided notice that the law firm was hired by Digitude Innovations LLC, which filed patent-infringement complaints against handset makers, including Android partners HTC Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co.,” Decker reports. “Pepper Hamilton should be disqualified from the case, Google said in a Jan. 27 request to the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington, where one of the complaints was filed.”
Decker reports, “Google, which has used Pepper Hamilton to help it apply for patents related to its Android mobile operating system, accused the law firm of disloyalty and said confidential information it shared creates conflicts of interest in the Digitude case.”
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