- Strava pursues Garmin for a patent counterfeit
- He claims that the segments and characteristics of Garmin Thermos go against his patents
- Strava seeks to block the sale of Garmin counterfeit technology (which is many devices including smart watches and bicycle computers)
Strava and Garmin seem ready to enter a legal battle that could see your intelligent watch lose certain training features, or even have an impact seriously on the availability of the best Garmin watches, the other company’s other materials and its Connect platform.
So what’s going on? Well, Strava continues Garmin in the United States because it alleges the brand of fitness equipment raped on Strava patents and has broken a master cooperation agreement that the duo reached in 2015 (identified by DC Rainmaker).
Patents relate to the thermal features and characteristics of Strava – which allow runners and cyclists to compare the performance between road sections, and see respectively the particularly popular routes with other athletes.
Garmin and Strava both offer variations in these features, but Strava maintains that Garmin’s versions are in violation of their cooperation agreement. As such, Strava does not only require financial damage, but he also asked for an injunction to stop Garmin sales products which support these features – which essentially includes all of his best fitness trackers, bicycle computers and fitness Connect platform.
You may want to wait and see how the dispute develops before buying this new Garmin smart watch that you watched.
What will happen next?
At the time of writing, we are still in the early stages of this trial. This means that no device or functionality is still affected – and the duo may present an agreement before their disagreement reaches a courtroom.
However, in a statement to the Strava penis says that “Garmin rejected the repeated attempts to Strava to resolve Garmin’s offense, forcing Strava to take a stand on the issue and to file a legal action”, suggesting that their disagreement could extend.
If the devices are prohibited, there is a chance that they have not left for good. Instead, this may look like what happened with the Apple Watch after being involved in a patented trial linked to blood oxygen sensors. In this case, Apple was able to correct the functionality via a software update and continue to sell its devices.
If a judge makes a decision in favor of Strava with regard to a prohibition of sale, this could be the route that Garmin takes to continue to offer his equipment, and perhaps a cut version of Garmin Connect.
That said, the dispute seems far from being cut and dried.
Garmin’s Heatmap characteristic dates back to 2013, prior to the 2014 and 2016 patent mentions of Strava in his trial. As for the functionality of the segments, Garmin made his debut in 2013, which was after Strava filed a patent in 2011.
So we will have to look at and see what is happening in this case, and if it is progressing, we may not see a final verdict for years with disputes and calls – as things develop, we will make sure you keep you informed.
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