Motorola Solutions, Inc., et al v. Hytera Communications Corporation Ltd.

  1. July 03, 2024

    7th Circ. Backs Bulk Of Motorola's $540M Award In IP Fight

    The Seventh Circuit has become one of the first courts to apply trade secrets laws extraterritorially, affirming a $407 million award Motorola won from a Chinese rival for Defend Trade Secrets Act damages in a suit over mobile radios, while finding that a $136 million award for copyright damages will have to be "reduced substantially" in order to cut out international sales.

  2. March 18, 2024

    The Biggest Trade Secrets Awards In The Last 5 Years

    Trade secrets cases are having a moment in the spotlight, thanks to some gargantuan damages awards over the past five years and more flexibility for plaintiffs to argue for what they think they are owed.

  3. March 12, 2024

    Hytera Can't Go To Chinese Court In $540M Motorola IP Fight

    An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday granted Motorola's request for an order blocking major Chinese radio company Hytera from pursuing a bid in China to keep Motorola from shutting down a Chinese case in which Hytera claimed it doesn't use Motorola's intellectual property.

  4. February 21, 2024

    Motorola Wants Rival's IP Use, Unpaid Royalties Investigated

    While Motorola defends its $540 million trade secret win against a major Chinese radio company at the Seventh Circuit, the tech giant asked an Illinois federal judge to look into whether its rival has continued using Motorola trade secrets without paying a royalty and should be held in contempt.

  5. December 05, 2023

    7th Circ. Signals Issue With $540M Motorola Trade Secret Win

    Seventh Circuit judges reviewing Motorola's $540 million win in a mobile radio trade secret case suggested Tuesday part of the verdict might come undone, with one judge saying the calculation of foreign sales was a thorny problem in the case.