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1 August 2017Patents

Motorola swipes at Hytera in Australia patent feud

Motorola Solutions has sued Hytera Communications in Australia as it continues to wage a war over patents.

Yesterday, July 31, Motorola announced it had filed patent infringement proceedings at the Federal Court of Australia.

Hytera is alleged to have infringed three of Motorola’s Australian patents—AU2005275355, AU2006276960 and AU2009298764—through the sale of digital mobile radios in Australia.

Motorola is seeking a declaration of infringement, along with an order permanently restraining Hytera from continued infringement, damages and additional relief that the court deems appropriate.

This is the latest in a series of filings which began in March this year.

Motorola slapped Hytera with a complaint over patent infringement and trade secrets misappropriation at the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in March.

According to the claim, Hytera’s infringement enabled it to “compete unfairly by bypassing investment in innovation”.

Shortly after, Motorola submitted a patent infringement complaint with the US International Trade Commission.

In April, the war continued, with Motorola filing patent suits at the Regional Court of Düsseldorf in Germany.

Hytera, and its subsidiary Hytera Mobilfunk, was accused of infringing European patent number EP 2 342 851 B1 through the sale of Hytera’s two-way wireless communication devices that use “pseudo-trunking” functionality.

Last month, WIPR also reported that Motorola had filed suits at the Regional Court of Mannheim in Germany.

Mark Hacker, general counsel and chief administrative officer of Motorola Solutions, said: “This filing in the Federal Court of Australia is a continuation of our global efforts to safeguard Motorola Solutions’ proven record of technological innovation and our extensive portfolio of more than 4,000 patents.”

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15 March 2017   Communications company Motorola Solutions has brought a patent infringement and trade secrets lawsuit against China-based Hytera Communications.
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25 July 2017   Motorola Solutions has continued its war against China-based Hytera Communications by filing more patent infringement lawsuits, this time at the Regional Court of Mannheim in Germany.
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29 August 2017   It’s barely been a month since Motorola Solutions sued radio manufacturer Hytera in Australia for patent infringement, but Hytera has now returned fire.