Infringing Hytera Products Banned from Importation to United States
January 16 2019 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Orders prohibiting importation, sale or
marketing of Hytera products in the United States take effect
today
Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI) announced that the
International Trade Commission’s (ITC) importation ban and
cease-and-desist orders for Hytera’s products infringing Motorola
Solutions’ patents take effect today following the mandatory 60-day
presidential review period. Today marks a clear and final win in
Motorola Solutions’ U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) case
against Hytera Communications Corporation Limited (SHE:
002583) (“Hytera”).
All Hytera products infringing Motorola Solutions’
U.S. Patent Nos. 7,369,869, 7,729,701 and 8,279,991 (“Patents”) are
excluded from the United States. Hytera products subject to the ban
include the following:
- Radios
(Subscribers): MD652, MD782, BD302, BD362, BD502, PD412,
PD502, PD562, PD602, PD662, PD682, PD702, PD752, PD782, PD792,
PD982, X1e and X1p; and
- Repeaters: RD622 and
RD982.
“The expiration of the mandatory review period marks the final
step of the ITC’s investigation against Hytera, and Hytera is now
prohibited from importing infringing products into the United
States,” said Mark Hacker, general counsel and chief administrative
officer of Motorola Solutions. “Motorola Solutions has invested
extensively in researching, developing and delivering new and
innovative products for our customers around the world, while
Hytera has brazenly and repeatedly copied our proprietary
intellectual property.
“The commencement of the importation ban and the rejection of
Hytera’s request for a repair and service exception are major steps
in holding Hytera accountable for its theft and serial infringement
of our patents, technology and innovation,” Hacker continued.
“Motorola Solutions welcomes legitimate competition, but it is only
legitimate when companies compete on the basis of their own
original technologies. We will continue to vigorously defend our
intellectual property for the benefit of our stakeholders around
the world, and we look forward to presenting our trade secret
misappropriation and copyright infringement claims to a jury in
Chicago, Illinois in November.”
As previously announced, in November 2018 the ITC issued a
Notice of Final Determination confirming that certain Hytera
products are infringing four Motorola Solutions patents. The ITC
issued exclusion and cease-and-desist orders for Motorola
Solutions’ ’869, ’701 and ’991 patents, prohibiting Hytera from
importing infringing products into the United States and selling or
marketing those products. At that time, the ITC also rejected
Hytera’s request to allow it to import infringing products or
components into the U.S. to repair or service those in the
field. The ruling affirmed Administrative Law Judge Mary Joan
McNamara’s finding, in her Initial Determination, that Hytera
“unquestionably copied certain of Motorola patented
technologies.”
Motorola Solutions notes that Hytera’s recent product
announcements of its new i-Series continue to be conspicuously
silent regarding when those new products will be commercially
available. Motorola Solutions’ patents enable important call
processing capabilities, so any modified Hytera products with
Motorola Solutions’ patented technology removed will lack these key
technologies and features. If and when any such newly released
products become available, Motorola Solutions will promptly
evaluate them to determine if they contain technologies subject to
the ITC’s orders or Motorola Solutions’ patent portfolio.
In addition to the ITC victory, Motorola Solutions recently
prevailed against Hytera in the Regional Courts of
Mannheim and Düsseldorf in Germany in similar patent infringement
cases. Motorola Solutions will also continue its patent
infringement, copyright infringement and trade secret theft
lawsuits against Hytera in the U.S. District Court for
the Northern District of Illinois and the Federal Court of
Australia.
For additional information regarding Motorola Solutions' legal
actions against Hytera, please
visit 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.
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