Motorola Solutions this week ratcheted up its legal battle with competitor Hytera, filing new patent infringement complaints in Germany against both Hytera Communications Corporation Ltd of Shenzhen, China, and Hytera Mobilfunk of Bad Münder, Germany. The latest legal actions, announced on June 24, are in addition to Motorola’s previously filed patent infringement complaints in Germany.
“With these additional patent infringement actions in Germany, Motorola Solutions now has five pending [patent infringement] litigations against Hytera,” Motorola said in a news release. These include complaints filed with the US International Trade Commission and separate patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation complaints filed last March in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
The complaints filed this week in Germany assert that Hytera’s two-way wireless communication devices with improved squelch functionality infringe on a Motorola Solutions patent. Motorola says the focus of the new cases differs from earlier cases and represents the second patent covering acoustic performance of two-way radio devices.
Already known for its Land Mobile Radio Service products, Hytera entered the Amateur Radio digital mobile radio (DMR) market last year.
In its latest suit, Motorola is seeking seeks an injunction preventing Hytera from offering and delivering products with the acoustic squelch feature in Germany, as well as the recall and destruction of infringing products and various unspecified damages.
Last March Motorola alleged in its US District Court complaint that proprietary and patented information was taken illegally by three former company engineers who now work for Hytera, and that this was done as “part of a deliberate scheme to steal and copy” Motorola’s technology. Motorola contended that its digital radio products were rendering Hytera’s analog systems obsolete, and rather than develop its own digital products, Hytera stole Motorola’s ideas. Motorola said technology features it developed started showing up in Hytera products soon after Hytera began hiring engineers who had left Motorola in 2008, according to the earlier lawsuit.
Hytera offered no immediate comment on the latest court actions by Motorola.
Source:ARRL
News Release – Motorola
Motorola Solutions Files Additional Patent Infringement Complaints in Germany Against Hytera Communications and Hytera Mobilfunk
Seeks to Enjoin Hytera from Continued Infringement of Patented Technology
Demonstrates Motorola Solutions’ Breadth of Innovation in Acoustics Technology for Two-Way Radio Devices
CHICAGO – July 24, 2017 – Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI) (“Motorola Solutions” or the “Company”) today announced that it has filed new patent infringement complaints with the Regional Court of Mannheim in Germany (the “Mannheim Court”) against Hytera Communications Corporation Limited (SHE: 002583) of Shenzhen, China and Hytera Mobilfunk GmbH of Bad Münder, Germany (collectively, “Hytera”). These legal actions are in addition to the Company’s patent infringement complaints previously filed against Hytera in the Regional Court of Düsseldorf (the “Düsseldorf Court”) on April 18, 2017. With these additional patent infringement actions in Germany, Motorola Solutions now has five pending IP litigations against Hytera, including the patent infringement complaint filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on March 29, 2017 and the separate patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation complaints filed on March 14, 2017 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
The new Mannheim Court complaints assert that Hytera’s two-way wireless communication devices with improved squelch functionality are infringing Motorola Solutions’s patent EP 1 139 562 B1. Significantly, the focus of the new cases differs from any of the other patents that Motorola Solutions has previously asserted against Hytera and represents the second patent covering acoustic performance of two-way radio devices. These new actions further exemplify Motorola Solutions’s long-standing innovation in the area of acoustic performance of two-way radio devices. Motorola Solutions seeks an injunction preventing Hytera from offering and delivering products with the accused squelch feature in Germany, as well as the recall and destruction of infringing products and various damages.
Mark Hacker, general counsel and chief administrative officer of Motorola Solutions, said, “Each legal action we take furthers our commitment to safeguarding our valuable intellectual property for the benefit of our customers, shareholders, employees, partners and other stakeholders around the world. This case, in addition to the case filed in the Düsseldorf Court, demonstrates the breadth of our patent portfolio, in terms of both technology and geographic scope. We are confident that the steps we are taking globally will be effective in stopping Hytera’s unlawful conduct.”
For additional information regarding Motorola Solutions’ legal actions against Hytera, please visit https://newsroom.motorolasolutions.com/presskits/motorola-solutions-intellectual-property.htm.
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