e.Digital Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Dropcam
July 02 2014 - 9:00AM
Marketwired
e.Digital Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Dropcam
Company Asserts Patents and Claims From Its Nunchi(R) Patent
Portfolio
SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwired - Jul 2, 2014) - e.Digital
Corporation (OTCQB: EDIG), a long standing source of innovation and
future-defining patented technologies, today announced that it has
filed a patent infringement lawsuit against "connected" security
camera maker Dropcam. The complaint was filed in the United States
District Court for the Southern District of California.
Handal & Associates, on behalf of the Company, recently
filed the lawsuit against Dropcam, asserting six patents that are
part of the Nunchi patent portfolio. e.Digital believes the Dropcam
products named in the complaint infringe key aspects of the
Company's Nunchi patents, covering the use of devices to
communicate and monitor remote locations.
Nunchi technology involves the retrieval of data from fixed or
mobile sensors, using it to recognize, understand and affect
interactions. Services based on the Nunchi portfolio include the
use of servers, communication networks, sensors, adaptive
algorithms and relational databases to understand and respond to
the needs of people. The Nunchi applications range from simplistic
tasks such as communication screening to much more complex tasks
such as optimizing a user's interactions and activities to enrich
their lives.
"We are starting to see products introduced that exhibit
reliance on the teachings of our Nunchi patent portfolio,"
commented Fred Falk, president and CEO of e.Digital. "The Dropcam
product is an example of this. The connected home industry is
increasingly reliant on the collection of data from remote sensors.
This data is thereafter interpreted to determine what, if any,
response is required. As this industry continues to evolve, we
believe that the interface between remote data collection and the
user will become more frequent and grow in demand. This is where
our Nunchi technology resides; between the remote data collection
and the user," added Falk.
"We would like to see this technology develop and are willing to
work with companies to develop their own applications and products,
but not at the expense of our licensing program or shareholders. We
must therefore take steps to enforce and protect our intellectual
property ("IP") against those that leverage our valuable company
assets for their own gain. We believe there are many other industry
segments that are or will be fielding products that incorporate the
technologies we've invented. As a result, we will continue to work
closely with Handal & Associates to identify potential
licensees and also possible infringers of our Nunchi IP, and bring
them in line so as to have a level playing field for all who want
to use our company's technologies," concluded Falk.
About e.Digital Corporation: For more than 20 years, e.Digital's
ideas and inventions have impacted the evolution of consumer
products. Today, e.Digital innovations, including its Flash-R™
portfolio of flash memory-related patents, are essential to many
portable consumer electronic products. The Company pioneered
dedicated portable in-flight entertainment systems and more than 30
airlines have made e.Digital powered products their in-flight
entertainment choice. For more information about e.Digital, please
visit: www.edigital.com.
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