Dispute Erupts Over Radios Utility Workers Use in California Wildfires
- Motorola claims Chinese rival Hytera stole its technology
- Trial to begin in Chicago over alleged corporate espionage
A firefighter searches the perimeter of a burning building at the Soda Rock Vineyards during the Kincade fire in Healdsburg, California.
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Radio technology that’s critical to helping utility workers deal with California wildfires is at the heart of a trial that pits an iconic American brand against a Chinese firm accused of corporate espionage.
Motorola Solutions Inc. wants a federal jury in Chicago to order its Chinese rival Hytera Communications Corp. to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages over what it claims was stolen know-how related to two-way radios used by utility workers, construction crews, school officials and others.