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Strava has long sued its partner, Garmin, and is seeking to permanently prevent the company from selling most fitness tools and current bikes. The lawsuit filed in the US County Court of Colorado on September 30, first I reported DC RainmakerGarmin has been claimed by a agreement between companies by violating the patents in Strava for sectors – road departments where athletes can compare performance times – and thermal maps that show common areas of activity.
Strava seeks a permanent judicial order to ban Garmin from selling or providing any products that provide slides or heat maps features, arguing that “cash relief alone is not sufficient.” These demands target Garmin fitness and Garmin fitness platform, including edge bicycle computers, leftunner, Fenix and EPIX watches.
The case is surprising, given that these brands are the most famous in fitness technology and share a lot of integration between its platforms. Trend She published Strava last year She even revealed that the Garmin 235 was the most popular smart watch among its users all over the world.
the The patent feature of the Strafta slices It was presented in 2011 and was granted in 2015, in detailing a system that allows athletes to compare their performance on the methods of knowledge by the user. Garmin launched an Edge 1000 Cycle computer in 2014, whose SCREPS Garmin Connect appeared. The company was later signed a major cooperation agreement (MCA) with Strava in 2015 to bring Strava Live slices to Garmin devices.
In her complaint, Stroter says that Garmin violated the MCA terms by expanding Garmin slices that bears the Garmin mark outside the permissible experience. Separately, Strava claims that Garmin used patented sector technology to create a competitor via Garmin Connect and devices ecosystem.
Strava also claims that the fee of heat maps and the features of the track proposal for Garmin devices and connect a platform that violates an additional patent. One focus on Activity heat maps It was presented in 2014, and was granted in 2016, with the second coverage Popular guidance features It is presented in 2016, and was given in 2017. DC Rainmaker, Garmin presented for the first time Heatmaps to Garmin Connect in 2013, before Strava patent files.
“Garmin received a limited permission from Strava to implement Strava slices on their devices; however, they have benefited from this access to studying these features carefully, fabricated them hard, then launch them as Garmin features, and as a result, Strava sued Garmin to protect its patented inventions,” freedom. “Garmin rejected Strava’s repeated attempts to informly address Garmin violation, forcing Strava to take a position on this issue.
Garmin did not immediately respond to a request for comment.