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. 

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

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.

ADT and DISH Network Corporation today announced a partnership where DISH will begin marketing, sales and installation services for ADT smart home security products.

The alignment of the two companies’ services gives homeowners ways to help save on their homeowners’ insurance and offer better protection for their life, property, family and assets.

ADT announced today that Atlanta-based Ackerman Security Systems has joined the ADT Authorized Dealer Program and will sell and install ADT smart home security services to its new customers.

Vivint Smart Home Inc., Provo, Utah, has agreed to pay the United States $3.2 million to resolve allegations under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989. 

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ADT will deploy the customer-installable conversion solution for 3G sunsets to minimize the need for in-person upgrades.