Motorola accused of trying to 'destroy' Lemko through 'Chinese spy ring' insinuations
The 4G cellular technology manufacturer Lemko Corp. yesterday sued Motorola Solutions and its lawyers, saying Motorola's claims that Lemko is allegedly part of a Chinese spy ring tied to the Chinese government and Chinese companies have unfairly damaged its business.
The Schaumberg, Ill.-based privately held company, with Nicholas Labun its CEO and Shaowei Pan as chief technology officer, charge that Motorola and its lawyers have falsely claimed that Lemko employees are part of "a Chinese spy ring," and that the intent in saying this is to "drive Lemko out of business by harassing its customers and suppliers" in order to end by "coercing the transfer of Lemko's patents and future technology to Motorola."
The Lemko lawsuit, which also accuses Motorola of racial profiling of people of Chinese descent, is the latest in an ongoing three-year legal battle between the two companies that has as its starting point the former Motorola software engineer Hanjuan Jin, who in 2007 was arrested at Chicago O'Hare Airport by U.S. Customs as she sought to board a plane to China.
