U.S. Prosecutor’s Office: China Hytera Indicted:
-For the crime of stealing Motorola’s trade secret-
February 8, 2022
Motorola:
He filed a civil suit against Hytera and won the case in 2020.
In a civil lawsuit, Hytera was ordered to pay compensation of 88 billion yen.
US Prosecutor’s Office:
For stealing trade secrets of mobile wireless technology developed by Motorola Solutions
Indicted Hytera (Kai Noda Tsushin) in China. It was
Indictment disclosed:
An indictment outlining 21 counts was disclosed in Chicago on February 7.
Hytera hired former Motorola employees from 2007 to 2020.
Confidential information was obtained from the company’s internal database.
Motorola filed a civil suit against Hytera and won the case in 2020.
Jury trial verdict
The jury ruled that Hytera had stolen a key trade secret.
He ordered Hytera to pay $ 764.6 million in compensation.
-Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.co.jp/news/articles/2022-02-08/R6YJJPT0AFB601
Federal Indictment Charges PRC-Based Telecommunications Company with Conspiring with Former Motorola Solutions Employees to Steal Technology
According to court documents,
Motorola Solutions
developed the DMR technology through years of research and design.Motorola Solutions marketed and sold the radios,
which are sometimes referred to as “walkie-talkies,” in the United States and elsewhere.
The indictment alleges that
PRC-based Hytera Communications Corp. LTD recruited and hired Motorola Solutions employees
and directed them to take proprietary and trade secret information from Motorola without authorization.
The charges allege that,
while still employed at Motorola,some of the employees allegedly accessed the trade secret information from Motorola’s internal database and sent multiple emails describing their intentions to use the technology at Hytera.
As alleged, from 2007 to 2020,
Hytera and the recruited employees used Motorola’s proprietary and trade secret informationto accelerate the development of Hytera’s DMR products, train Hytera employees, and market and sell Hytera’s DMR products throughout the world, the indictment states.
According to the indictment,
Hytera paid the recruited employees higher salaries and benefits than what they received at Motorola.OPA | Department of Justice