Motorola said a Florida court declared a mistrial in a $10-billion misappropriation case brought against it by SPS Technologies as the jury could not agree on a verdict, a Reuters report said.
The Reuters report said SPS, a now-defunct Florida company, had accused Motorola, the world's No. 2 cell phone maker, of misappropriating trade secrets related to a vehicle-tracking technology system, according to Motorola.
The Reuters report quoted Motorola lawyer George Selby as saying that Motorola had discussed forming a venture with SPS and other companies in 2000 related to the vehicle-tracking system, but that the venture was never consummated because it did not make business sense.
Broward County Florida Circuit Court Judge Leroy Moe declared a mistrial after the jury became deadlocked on the question of whether Motorola had misappropriated trade secrets, Selby said.
He said Motorola tried to come to a settlement with SPS.