U.S. Patent and Trademark Office again rules in favor of Motorola Solutions against Hytera
Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI) today announced that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “PTAB”) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued a final written decision in the reexamination of Motorola Solutions’ U.S. Patent No. 8,279,991 (“the ‘991 patent”), which relates to Motorola Solutions’ time-division multiple access (TDMA) technology. The PTAB rejected all validity challenges related to the patent raised by Hytera Communications Corporation Limited (SHE: 002583) (“Hytera”). Importantly, the ‘991 patent enables key functionality that provides Motorola Solutions’ customers with innovative capabilities that ensure products are highly reliable, safe and efficient.
This decision marks the PTAB’s rejection of Hytera’s fourth attempt to invalidate Motorola Solutions’ patents, including three patents that the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) found Hytera was intentionally infringing. After losing in the ITC, Hytera vigorously pursued its bid in the USPTO to invalidate Motorola Solutions’ patents U.S. Patent Nos. 6,591,111; 7,369,869; 8,116,284; and 8,279,991. With the PTAB’s announcement of its decision on the ‘911 patent, the PTAB has now rejected all four of Hytera’s challenges.
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