Fitness Technology Company Patent lawsuit

fitbit (left) fitbug (right)

Fitbug, a fitness technology company in Chicago, has filed lawsuit against its rival US company Fitbit. It claims that the name ‘Fitbit’ is similar to ‘Fitbug’, Chicagotribune reported.

Both Fitbug and Fitbit make pedometers which track users' activity range and users can monitor the data. Fitbug said to Chicagotribune that it started using its trademark since 2005 and Fitbit began distributing its competing products about four years after that. 

This is not the first lawsuit between these two companies. Click to read “BodyMedia sues Basis over alleged patentinfringement” article.

Read original articles here

articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-04-19/business/chi-fitbug-sues-fitbit-charging-patent-infringement-20130419_1_fitbit-pedometers-infringement.

mobihealthnews.com/17448/bodymedia-sues-basis-on-patent-infringement/

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