In 2008, Chinese company Hytera recruited three of Motorola’s senior engineers who stole confidential documents and source code from Motorola to aid Hytera in copying and developing Motorola’s two-way digital mobile radio (DMR) technology.

The indictment alleges that PRC-based Hytera Communications Corp. LTD recruited and hired Motorola Solutions employees and directed them to take proprietary and trade secret information from Motorola without authorization.

According to Motorola, Hytera used Motorola’s trade secrets to develop a state-of-the-art digital radio that was functionally indistinguishable from Motorola’s digital radios. Hytera proceeded to sell its newly developed radios both internationally and in the United States.