A federal judge threw out a suit by Apple Inc. claiming that Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility is seeking unreasonably high licence fees for the use of patents on wireless technology. The suit is part of a world-spanning battle between Apple and Google, whose Android software powers the smartphones that compete with Apple's iPhone. Google bought Motorola Mobility, a once-pioneering maker of cellphones, last summer to gain control of its patents and gain leverage against Apple in its court battles. In the suit, Apple said the licence fee Motorola sought - of 2.25 per cent of the price of devices that incorporate Motorola's patented technologies - was too high. Judge Barbara Crabb in Madison, Wisconsin, did not give a reason for dismissing the suit.
