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Apple, Google consider arbitration on patents

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Bloomberg News A man carrying an Apple Inc. shopping bag walks past a BCBG Max Azria Group Inc. store Monday at the Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. Apple has recently shown a willingness to settle some of its legal disputes.

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An agreement that goes beyond the Motorola Mobility dispute to cover other devices that run on Google's Android operating system could help calm litigation that has spanned the globe, said Alex Spektor, an analyst with Strategy Analytics in Boston.