EFI Fights Back Against Patent Troll; Case Dismissed

FOSTER CITY, CA—EFI announced that a federal court has dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Digitech Image Technologies ostensibly related to digital image processing technology.

Digitech, a subsidiary of the non-practicing entity Acacia Research, had filed suit in California against EFI and dozens of others, including EFI customers and retailers like Overstock.com and Buy.com, alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,128,415. EFI requested that the court strike the infringement allegations against EFI's products and invalidate the asserted patent.