Apple has hired the company that represented it in its battle against Samsung Electronics to represent it in Washington, D.C., and lobby the government on a range of competition and intellectual property issues.

The California-based maker of the iPhone, iPad and Macbook computer, brought on Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in October, according to a federal disclosure document published Monday.

The law firm, better known as WilmerHale, led Apple’s charge against Samsung Electronics in three high-profile Silicon Valley jury trials that centered around allegations of patent and design infringement in the smartphone and tablet market. Now, it will lobby the federal government and Congress on related issues.

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