In the complaint, filed Sept. 23 in California, STF states that ADT’s Signal Chat, the company’s intrusion alarm text message notification service, is too similar to Signal’s own messaging app. 

Motorola Solutions alleges that Verkada’s Dome Series, Mini Series, Bullet Series, Fisheye Series and D-Series cameras, along with their related software infringe upon three Avigilon patents.

Resideo Technologies, a provider of security solutions and distributor of commercial and residential security and audio-visual products, announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to settle the pending securities class action litigation arising from allegations with respect to statements and disclosures made in 2019.

ADT, a smart home and business security brand, brought actions for patent infringement against Vivint, a security and alarm company headquartered in Provo, Utah.

Under the settlement, Vivint will pay a $15 million civil penalty and an additional $5 million to compensate injured consumers.

ADT is subject to another class action lawsuit against a former employee caught spying on customers over a seven-year period.

In the complaint, Vivint asserts that ADT’s Pulse, Control and Blue security systems infringe six of Vivint’s U.S. patents related to security and smart home technology.

SDM sat down with David Smail, chief legal officer at ADT, to discuss what deceptive sales practices look like and how to prevent them.

CPI Security Systems, SDM’s 2019 Dealer of the Year, filed a lawsuit on Sept. 11 against Vivint Smart Home, accusing the company of tricking customers into signing up for Vivint’s services by posing as CPI employees or representatives.

The company announced that a patent infringement lawsuit initiated by a non-practicing entity (NPE) was withdrawn by the NPE at an early stage of the proceedings.