e.Digital Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Nest

SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwired - January 26, 2016) - e.Digital Corporation (EDIG), a long standing source of innovation and future-defining patented technologies, today announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Nest Labs, Inc., asserting infringement of two patents that are part of the Company's Nunchi® patent portfolio. e.Digital believes the products named in the complaint infringe key aspects of its Nunchi patents, covering the use of devices to monitor remote locations and communicate information.

Handal & Associates, on behalf of the Company, filed the lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California asserting the Company's U.S. Patent No. 9,002,331 & U.S. Patent No. 9,178,983.

Nunchi technology gathers information based on physical sensors, actions in an environment, as well as historical data, and acts on this information to perform operations or communicate. Applications based on Nunchi technology may include the use of the cloud, communication networks, sensors, algorithms, as well as databases, to understand and respond to the needs of people.