Category: Smart rings & smartwatches
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Samsung retaliates against Oura’s ITC complaint with own E.D. Tex. patent infringement allegations against smart-ring maker who just defended core patent at PTAB
Last month, Oura brought an ITC complaint against Samsung, Reebok, and others. Now Samsung, whose pre-emptive DJ complaint went nowhere, is countersuing Oura.
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Oura successfully defends against Samsung patent invalidation claims: same patent at center of Ultrahuman, Reebok enforcement campaigns
The United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board handed Oura a victory in its smart ring patent litigation against Samsung, upholding a key patent that the latter had challenged ahead of its Galaxy Ring launch.
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Oura files fresh smart ring patent infringement campaign in Eastern District of Texas: Reebok among three defendants
Oura has asserted eight smart ring patents against rivals Nexxbase, Reebok, and Zepp Health in the Eastern District of Texas.
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Masimo’s $634M jury verdict against Apple, limited ITC reopening don’t give leverage for quick settlement, but JPI is now possible (though potentially costly)
The winning patent expired in 2022, and there are still some trade secrets claims in the case, but Apple came close to defeating them.
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Oura escalates Ultrahuman patent dispute with more patents and accusations of editing Wikipedia page to accuse Oura of patent trolling
The patent dispute between smart-ring pioneer Oura and Ultrahuman is getting dirty, with Oura accusing Ultrahuman of having edited its Wikipedia page and impersonated its CEO.
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Judge dismisses Ultrahuman’s Indian countersuit against Oura for failure to disclose key information from ITC case: Ultrahuman must refile
Mrs. Justice Arora faults Ultrahuman for not disclosing ITC decisions that were relevant to the question of whether Ultrahuman’s Indian patent-in-suit is valid.