The lawsuit seeks to recover financial and reputational damage caused by Mr. Panov’s and RUS GPS’ knowingly false accusation of patent infringement by Motorola.

Motorola’s Corporate Vice President and Senior Legal Counsel Scott Offer said: “Motorola is a world leader in creating and protecting intellectual property. The alleged patent infringement is totally without merit. This is the first of a series of actions Motorola will take to defend its reputation and property rights in Russia.”

Motorola demands that Mr. Panov and RUS GPS retract the false information, which was reported in the newspaper “Biznes”. “Biznes” is named as a party to the claim in order to demonstrate that the defamatory statements by Mr. Panov were widely disseminated by a leading publication. However, Offer explained that Motorola “will not be seeking any damages from the newspaper.”

RUS GPS accused Motorola of infringing its patent for utility model No. 31 183. Independent analysis has been conducted, which confirms that none of Motorola’s phones incorporate the device protected by the RUS GPS patent.