According to the announcement, SDS’s engineering team has long acknowledged the importance of improving energy efficiency in life-saving technologies.

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.

The company announced that a patent infringement lawsuit initiated by a non-practicing entity (NPE) was withdrawn by the NPE at an early stage of the proceedings.