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Google says Inbox can also figure out the key points of an e-mail, such as travel itineraries, event times and photos, and highlight the information. Apple Inc., barred at a trial from calling its opponent a “patent troll,” did exactly that less than an hour after jurors found in favor of the iPhone-maker and rejected claims for $93.7 million in damages. GPNE, from Honolulu, calls itself a telecommunication research and licensing company with more than 30 patents covering wireless and wired data communications. Kristin Huguet, a spokeswoman for Cupertino's Apple, said in an e-mail after the verdict that GPNE is nothing more than a “patent troll” attempting to “extort money from Apple for 20-year-old pager patents that have expired, wasting time for everyone involved.” [...] firms have been the target of intense lobbying in Washington by technology companies looking for the fastest and cheapest way to dispose of such cases. Intuit Inc.

 

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