July 12, 2023
Chinese telecom company Hytera will face a contempt hearing next month unless it puts $49 million into escrow to comply with its royalty payment obligations after a jury found it misappropriated Motorola Solutions' mobile radio code, an Illinois federal judge said Tuesday.
October 19, 2022
Motorola wants an Illinois federal court to rule on its contempt motion against Chinese telecom company Hytera in what Motorola said is now a more than $631 million trade secrets fight over two-way radios, claiming, "Hytera has bobbed and weaved through a web of lies."
August 04, 2022
Motorola is urging an Illinois federal judge to sanction Chinese telecom company Hytera for missing a deadline to make the first payment of a $597 million judgment, saying that Hytera's failure shows a "complete, willful disregard for this court's authority and rulings."
July 06, 2022
Motorola has failed to persuade an Illinois federal judge to reconsider his refusal to impose a permanent injunction against Hytera in a $597 million trade secrets fight over two-way radios, though the judge affirmed the parties' joint proposal on Hytera's royalty payments to Motorola.
October 18, 2021
An Illinois federal judge has granted $34.2 million in fees to attorneys representing Motorola Solutions Inc. in a $600 million win over a Chinese rival it accused of making and selling mobile radios using its intellectual property, rejecting arguments that the request was inflated.
September 30, 2021
Motorola Solutions Inc. again urged an Illinois judge Wednesday to permanently block a Chinese rival from making and selling mobile radios using its intellectual property, saying it's necessary in light of its inability to collect a nearly $600 million trade secret judgment.
January 13, 2021
An Illinois federal judge has cut over $200 million from a Motorola unit's $760 million win in a trade secrets trial against Hytera Corp. linked to digital walkie-talkies, saying there was a partial double recovery.
April 03, 2020
China-based Hytera told an Illinois federal judge Thursday that if he doesn't totally wipe out a $764 million verdict for Motorola or order a new trial, he should cut Motorola's actual damages to $28 million because a host of errors gave Hytera an unfair shake at trial.
March 06, 2020
To prove that Chinese two-way radio maker Hytera's products were based on technology stolen from Motorola, a Kirkland & Ellis LLP team took millions of lines of source code and a deluge of documents written in Mandarin and made them crystal clear for an Illinois federal jury.
March 06, 2020
An Illinois federal judge entered judgment Thursday on a jury's $764 million verdict for Motorola Solutions Inc. over claims that a Chinese rival stole its mobile radio trade secrets, but whether he'll globally block the rival's radio sales remains to be seen.