TORONTO-Motorola Inc.’s Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions sector announced
it settled its civil lawsuit, against defendant Ronen Katz of Toronto for copyright and trademark infringement. Financial
terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
Motorola said the Federal Court of Canada in Toronto entered a
permanent injunction order against Katz, prohibiting him from any unauthorized use, sale or distribution of Motorola’s
proprietary, copyrighted or trademarked materials, including copyrighted computer programs.
Katz also is
prohibited from aiding or abetting any other person or entity from engaging in any of the prohibited acts.
Motorola
claimed Katz infringed on its copyrights and trademarks by possessing and using unauthorized copies of Motorola’s
Radio Service Software, which is used to reprogram the operating characteristics of Motorola’s microprocessor-
controlled two-way radios.
Claims against Katz included the illegal possession and use of software system keys
needed, in conjunction with Radio Service Software, to program radios to operate on specific radio
systems.
Motorola also alleged that software was used illegally to duplicate the identifications of Motorola’s
legitimate customers in order to obtain access to and use of trunked radio frequencies that are restricted to law
enforcement, fire and related public-safety services.
Motorola said Katz used its registered trademarks as well to
create the false impression that the radios originated with or were approved and authorized by
Motorola.
Essentially, Katz “programmed radios to operate on public-safety and other shared radio systems
and provided them to users who were not authorized to have access to these networks,” said Anthony J. Biell,
Motorola’s manager of software protection.
