Motorola Solutions Files Patent Infringement and Trade Secret Misappropriation Complaints Against Hytera Communications
March 14 2017 - 9:16AM
Business Wire
Patent Infringement and Trade Secret
Misappropriation Complaints Filed in U.S. District Court
Motorola Solutions is Committed to Protecting
its Valuable Intellectual Property Against Illegal Infringement and
Copying
Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI) (“Motorola Solutions” or
the “Company”) today announced it has filed complaints in the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against
Hytera Communications Corporation Limited (SHE: 002583) (“Hytera”)
of Shenzhen, China. The complaints assert that Hytera’s two-way
radios, base stations, repeaters and dispatch systems, as well as
its related commercialization and sales activities, are infringing
patents owned by Motorola Solutions and utilizing stolen Motorola
Solutions trade secrets.
Motorola Solutions believes that Hytera is intentionally
infringing its intellectual property and misappropriating its trade
secrets, which has enabled Hytera to compete unfairly by bypassing
investment in innovation.
Mark Hacker, general counsel and chief administrative officer of
Motorola Solutions, said, “Motorola Solutions has a long and
distinguished track record of developing industry-leading products
and technologies, reflecting our significant investments in
research and our commitment to innovation. We are proud to have
built an extensive portfolio of more than 4,000 patents, including
the patents at issue in these lawsuits, which were developed by
Motorola Solutions’ world-class engineers.”
Mr. Hacker continued, “We believe it is clear, and we are
confident the Courts will agree, that Hytera's product portfolio
and marketing materials are based on Motorola Solutions’
proprietary intellectual property. Brazen copying and blatant,
willful infringement of this sort create an unfair playing field
and threaten the industry’s ability to innovate. We will use every
means available to vigorously defend the Company’s valuable
intellectual property, while continuing to drive innovation and
technical excellence for the benefit of our customers around the
world.”
Hytera’s illegal behavior was assisted by three engineers who
resigned from the Company to join Hytera, where they had key roles
in developing Hytera’s infringing products using misappropriated
Motorola Solutions technologies and continue in senior-level
positions today. In the period leading up to their resignations,
through a series of serious misrepresentations and carefully
planned illegal acts, these engineers maliciously accessed,
downloaded and transferred more than 7,000 highly confidential
files related to Motorola Solutions’ technologies, including
confidential technical, marketing, sales, legal and other types of
trade secret materials. Subsequently, Hytera began illegally
manufacturing and marketing a line of products and technologies
containing technologies invented, designed, developed and in some
cases patented by Motorola Solutions.
Motorola Solutions is seeking to enjoin Hytera’s continued
infringement and misappropriation by stopping its sales of key
products in the United States and importation of those infringing
products into the United States. The Company is committed to
ensuring that its intellectual property rights are protected around
the world.
The complaints can be accessed at
https://newsroom.motorolasolutions.com/presskits/motorola-solutions-intellectual-property.htm.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward looking statements
including statements regarding expectations with respect to
litigation filed by Motorola Solutions, Inc., and the outcomes
possible if successful. By their nature, forward looking statements
involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events
and depend on circumstances that will or may occur in the future
and are outside the control of Motorola Solutions, Inc., and its
officers. Actual results may differ from those expressed in such
statements depending on a variety of factors including those
discussed in this release.
About Motorola Solutions
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