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Preface
On April 17, Hytera announced that the United States had temporarily lifted the ban on their products and imposed fines.
You must know that the ban and fine issued by the United States were officially implemented on Hytera on the 2nd of this month.
It meant that it was only performed for 15 days and then stopped.
So what did Hytera do in Shenzhen, and what did the United States do to stop the ban and fine them in such a short period of time?
Shenzhen Hytera
Hytera is the world's leading provider of private network communication products and solutions based in Shenzhen, China, including digital walkie-talkies and law enforcement recorders.
Hytera is also the leading leader of walkie-talkies in China.
Not only that, but it also has 10 R&D centers around the world, more than 100 branches, and nearly 10,000 professionals from more than 40 countries around the world.
Among them, their sales and service network involves more than 120 countries and regions, and it provides professional wireless communication networks for national public safety and government emergency response.
And it's really remarkable that this powerful company has achieved so much in just over 30 years.
In 1993, Hytera was officially established in Shenzhen, but at that time it was not called Hytera, but Haoyitong.
In the two years since its establishment, Haoyitong has developed a C160 walkie-talkie with independent intellectual property rights.
Since then, Haoyitong has focused on the research and development of walkie-talkies in walkie-talkies, and has developed a number of walkie-talkies with independent intellectual property rights.
In 2000, it also won the second prize of Shenzhen Science and Technology Progress Award.
In 2004, Haoyitong also developed a world-leading Chinese display walkie-talkie, which was also the first overseas company in the United States that the company owned.
In the following time, Haoyitong continued to make progress in the research and development of walkie-talkies and launched new products.
And it has gradually developed into the leading boss of domestic walkie-talkies.
In 2010, it was officially renamed Hytera and officially listed in 2011.
Since then, Hytera has developed more rapidly, and Hytera's name has been completely resounded at home and abroad.
However, when it comes to Hytera's walkie-talkies, we have to mention Motorola in the United States.
Founded in 1928, Motorola is a global leader in chip manufacturing and electronic communications.
You must know that modern mobile phones are constantly launched by Motorola, but there must also be deep research in walkie-talkies.
Hytera and Motorola both have advanced R&D technology and teams in walkie-talkies, so they still have a certain competitive relationship in many businesses.
After all, it is a competitive relationship, and there must be conflicts in many aspects, and it is not Motorola that has sued Hytera.
The U.S. lifts Hytera's ban
In March 2017, Motorola sued Hytera USA and Meixi respectively for infringing trade secrets.
Not only that, but a year later, Motorola filed another lawsuit against Hytera for copyright infringement.
After a series of court hearings, the case was finally decided in 2020.
On February 12, 2020, a jury found that Hytera had infringed a total of 21 trade secrets and 4 copyrights.
Therefore, the final result of the trial was that Hytera had to pay Motorola 346 million in damages and 419 million in punitive damages, totaling 765 million US dollars.
However, Hytera is very dissatisfied with the result of such a ruling.
It can be seen that Hytera does not recognize these trumped-up charges, so Hytera only respects but disagrees with the results of this trial.
Despite the above verdict, Motorola does not want to let Hytera go.
That year, Motorola filed a number of motions asking the court to prohibit Hytera from selling the products.
But fortunately, the court directly rejected Motorola's motion.
In fact, it can be seen from this that Motorola put forward such a request, obviously to curb the rise of Hytera in the world.
After all, it only took Hytera more than 30 years to become their competitor, which must be a serious threat to their position.
However, Hytera is not used to Motorola.
Hytera directly sued it for violating antitrust laws.
But this is only one of them, you must know that Shanghai Nengda has never been able to swallow this breath in the matter of infringing on trade secrets and copyrights.
Finally, after more than two years of tugging between the two sides, Hytera directly sued Motorola in the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court.
In June 2022, Hytera filed a lawsuit against Motorola in the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court for previous infringement of trade secrets and copyright issues, and cleared itself.
Hytera's lawsuit made Motorola directly anxious and directly sought the help of the US court.
In March 2023, the U.S. directly told Hytera to stop all lawsuits.
In the face of the warning of the US court, Hytera will not stop if it has not been cleared.
Seeing that Hytera was indifferent, on the 29th of the same month, it directly issued an order to Hytera to withdraw from the lawsuit.
But Hytera can do so much, in the face of these unreasonable demands and orders of the US court, it will definitely not obey, and it is only to repay its innocence.
However, Hytera's actions in the United States are seen as contempt for the ruling.
On April 2 this year, the U.S. court directly issued a ban on the sale of Hytera's products on such grounds, and even fined Hytera.
Since the lockdown, Hytera's shares have been falling, and although the company has also made corresponding policies, it still can't prevent him from falling.
On April 17, two weeks after Hytera was banned, the closing price fell from 4.71 yuan before the ban to 3.71 yuan, and the market value fell from 7.7 billion yuan to 6.746 billion yuan, evaporating nearly 1 billion yuan of market value.
I really can't imagine how much Hytera's market value will fall if it continues like this.
During this period, Hytera also communicated and exchanged views with the U.S. courts.
On April 8, Hytera directly announced its withdrawal from the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court's prosecution of Motorola, and also temporarily stopped selling some designated products according to their requirements.
On April 17, the U.S. lifted the ban on the sale of Hytera products and the fine, effective immediately.
However, regarding the infringement of trade secrets and copyrights, I wonder when Hytera will be able to get its innocence back.
epilogue
Hytera was able to get the United States to stop the ban in just 15 days, in fact, it also sacrificed some of its own rights and interests, and it was completely a quid pro quo.
It is hoped that Hytera can prove as soon as possible that it has not infringed Motorola's trade secrets and copyrights.
References:
Observer.com - The U.S. Court of Appeals suspends the ban and fine, and the walkie-talkie giant Hytera resumes sales - 2024.04.17
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Reference News - The U.S. Court of Appeals suspends the sales ban and fine against Hytera - 2024.04.17
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