Dss, Inc 8-K, filed Jan 15, 2020

UNITEDSTATES

SECURITIESAND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,D.C. 20549

FORM8-K

CURRENTREPORT

Pursuantto Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 14, 2020

DOCUMENTSECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (585) 325-3610

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(Formername or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item8.01 Other Events

As disclosed most recently in Document Security Systems, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2019, the Company’s subsidiary, DSS Technology Management (“DSSTM”), had previously filed suit against Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) for patent infringement. On January 14, 2020, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (the “Court”), in the case captioned DSS Technology Management,Inc. v. Apple, Inc., 4:14-cv-05330-HSG, issued an order that denied DSSTM’s motion to amend its infringement contentions (the “Order”). In the same Order, the Court granted Apple’s motion to strike DSSTM’s infringement expert report. DSSTM’s counsel is reviewing the Order and evaluating DSSTM’s options.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.