Between the challengers of MARPAT and CADPAT, the winner is CADPAT. MARPAT is in fact a direct derivative of CADPAT, created through the USMC's interest in the Canadian invention, and a collaborative exchange between the two nations.
However, as Mr. Cramer states, a little known pattern called Dual-Tex was the very first digital camouflage pattern to be implemented. This pattern was in use as far back as the 1980s! Check out all the details here: Click me!
Update (May 12th 2010) - As Lawrence from Strike - Hold! points out, there was nothing digital about the Dual-Tex pattern, it was only made to resemble pixels. That being said, I suppose CADPAT is the first true digital pattern to be implemented. If you haven't checked out Strike - Hold! before, take the time to look around and subscribe to the RSS feed, it's a great blog.
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http://strikehold.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/making-sense-of-digital-camouflage/
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