ADT issues statement on Vivint lawsuit
By Paul Ragusa
Updated 10:22 AM CST, Thu March 4, 2021
BOCA RATON, Fla.—ADT issued an official response to the recent news that Vivint Smart Home has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against them in the United States District Court for the District of Utah.
ADT told Security Systems News, “On Feb. 25, 2021, Vivint, Inc. filed a complaint against ADT Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division, claiming that ADT has infringed certain of Vivint’s patents. ADT believes the claims asserted by Vivint are completely without merit and intends to vigorously defend against the lawsuit.”
In the complaint, Vivint asserts that ADT infringes six of Vivint’s U.S. patents related to security and smart home technology, and is seeking damages for ADT’s infringement of the asserted patents.
This is not the first litigation between the two smart home technology behemoths, with Vivint paying ADT $10 million to settle a deceptive sales lawsuit filed in April 2017, ADT's largest deceptive sales settlement to date.
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