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