Motorola purchase could shield Google from patent lawsuits

Google Inc.'s deal to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash gives the Internet search giant the ability to build and market its own smartphone and tablet devices — and puts it squarely in competition with Apple to be the world's dominant company in mobile technology. In ...

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