Adaptics Limited, based in Dublin, Ireland, has offices in San Francisco. The company said in an email that the lawsuit is “completely devoid of merit.”
“The patents are not valid because they don’t invent anything that wasn’t already well known and we don’t infringe on the patents as they are defined — so we look forward to our day in court,” the company said.
It wouldn’t be the first time the two companies have met in court. Perfect Co., then called Pure Imagination, sued Adaptics in 2014, alleging infringement on an older, similar patent. That case is ongoing. On Tuesday, a judge denied Adaptics’ motion to dismiss the case.
News of the lawsuit comes a month after Perfect Co. announced a new partnership with blender manufacturer NutriBullet to make smart blenders that go on sale this holiday season.
Perfect Co. is based in downtown Vancouver in the two-story Centurion Building, where it employs about 24 people. Wallace has said that the company is hoping to double its workforce in 2018.