A Chinese company allegedly conducted a scheme to systematically steal trade secrets from Motorola Solutions by hiring away Motorola employees who had developed its “walkie-talkie” product line, according to a partially unsealed federal indictment.
The 21-count indictment alleges Hytera Communications of Shenzhen, China, conspired from 2007-20 to steal the digital mobile radio technology that underpins Motorola’s walkie-talkie radio products for its own use. Hytera did so by recruiting and hiring Motorola employees and encouraging them to take propriety information with them when they left Motorola to work for Hytera, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said. In some cases, the thefts happened while the employees were still working for Motorola, according to the indictment.
