Hytera, a leading global provider of innovative Land Mobile Radio (LMR) 
communications solutions, has received the January 8 order cutting down the 
total award to Motorola Solutions by $221 million in the U.S. District Court 
for the Northern District of Illinois. The jury verdict, including the original 
damage award, was made on February 14th, 2020; and the Court entered judgment 
on March 5th, 2020.

The Court also denied Motorola Solutions' request for supplemental damages, 
while granted the request for interest on the monetary award. Earlier in 
December 2020, the Court denied Motorola's request to block Hytera from selling 
the DMR radios at issue in the case and granted Motorola's alternative request 
of a reasonable royalty in an amount to be determined.

Meanwhile, on January 11, Hytera won the appeal against Motorola over the 
freezing order in the UK court proceedings. The England and Wales Court of 
Appeal (Civil Division) set aside orders made at the High Court of Justice of 
England and Wales (Commercial Court) in April 2020 and completely dismissed the 
freezing order applied by Motorola against Hytera and its subsidiary in the UK. 
The appellate court refused Motorola's application for permission to appeal to 
the Supreme Court. Motorola also has been ordered to pay Hytera's costs of the 
appeal and the remainder of the proceedings, as well as other costs specified 
by the appellate court order. English law also allows Hytera to pursue 
compensation from Motorola for the damages caused by the now set-aside freezing 
order.

Since March 2020, Hytera has presented substantive post-trial motions to the 
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois over the merits of 
Motorola's claims and evidentiary and legal errors at the trial. Hytera has 
faith that the American justice system will provide a fair outcome for this 
trade secret and copyright dispute; and Hytera has been prepared to appeal the 
February 2020 verdict at the appeal court.

Source: Hytera