Oct 28 (Reuters) - Apple ( AAPL ) urged a federal judge

to dismiss a racketeering lawsuit by a company that accused the

iPhone maker of stealing its technology to create the lucrative

mobile wallet Apple Pay.

In a Monday night filing in Atlanta federal court, Apple ( AAPL ) said if

the case is not dismissed, it should be transferred to a Texas

judge who recently dismissed Fintiv's related patent case.

Lawyers for Fintiv did not immediately respond on Tuesday to

requests for comment.

Fintiv, based in Austin, Texas, accused Apple ( AAPL ) of

misappropriating technology for Apple Pay that it had once

sought to license from CorFire, a Georgia company that Fintiv

bought in 2014.

Apple Pay is used in hundreds of millions of iPhones, iPads,

Apple Watches and MacBooks.

Fintiv said the racketeering arose from Apple's ( AAPL ) use of Apple

Pay to generate fees for credit card issuers such as Bank of

America ( BAC ), Capital One, Citigroup ( C/PN ), JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) and Wells Fargo,

and the payment networks American Express, Mastercard ( MA ) and Visa.

In seeking a dismissal, Apple ( AAPL ) said Fintiv waited too long to

pursue most of its federal and state claims, having known the

underlying facts since 2014, and failed to show a pattern of

racketeering.

"The court should reject Fintiv's attempt to revive its

failed patent case in a new district with no connection to the

facts," Apple ( AAPL ) said.

Absent a dismissal, Apple ( AAPL ) said the case should be sent to

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright in Waco, Texas, to promote

efficiency, because he has spent nearly seven years overseeing

the underlying dispute and is familiar with the facts and law.

Fintiv is appealing Albright's August 4 dismissal of its

patent case.

Albright once oversaw nearly 25% of all U.S. patent cases, being

viewed as a favored judge for many plaintiffs suing large

technology companies such as Apple ( AAPL ).

That concentration ended in 2022 when new patent cases were

randomly farmed out to all judges in his district.

The case is Fintiv Inc v Apple Inc ( AAPL ), U.S. District Court,

Northern District of Georgia, No. 25-04413.