Motorola, spinoff settle suit involving China

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By Lou Kilzer
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
February 1, 2012

One of the companies spun off from Motorola Inc. last year has settled a 
lawsuit with a company the former U.S. electronics giant accused of 
intellectual property theft involving China.

Motorola Solutions Inc. and Lemko Corp. said on Tuesday that all issues 
between the two companies -- both based in Schamburg, Ill. -- have been 
resolved. Spokesmen for both companies declined to comment on specifics 
of the settlement.

Lemko spokesman Raymond Minkus said the company is "very pleased and 
looking toward the future."

The original suit accused several Lemko employees of working for 
Motorola while moonlighting for Lemko. Motorola later alleged that Lemko 
was working with Chinese electronics giant Huawei Technologies Co. 
Huawei, an early partner with Motorola as it sought to expand in China, 
eventually became a fierce competitor in the telecommunications market.

The settlement does not cover earlier allegations brought against former 
Motorola employee Hanjuan Jin, who was criminally charged with 
industrial espionage for the theft of $600 million in Motorola trade 
secrets with the plan to hand them to interests in China.

In 2007, she was stopped by U.S. Customs officers who found her with 
four hard drives, a flash memory thumb drive, 29 recordable CDs, 
paperwork and some $30,000 in cash as she attempted to board a one-way 
flight to Beijing at O'Hare Airport in Chicago.

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