Smart Wearable Technologies Inc. v. Fitbit, Inc.

  1. June 27, 2018

    Fitbit Rival Faces Attys' Fees Sanction For 'Frivolous' IP Suit

    A California federal judge on Wednesday awarded Fitbit Inc. more than $200,000 in attorneys' fees it spent fighting a dismissed patent infringement lawsuit brought by rival Smart Wearable Technologies Inc., calling the case "plainly irresponsible and frivolous."

  2. May 10, 2018

    Fitbit Nears Sanctions Win As Judge Slams 'Silly' IP Suit

    Fitbit Inc. seemed poised to win at least some attorneys' fees spent in fighting a dismissed patent infringement lawsuit brought by rival Smart Wearable Technologies Inc., after a California federal judge said at a hearing Thursday that the case had been "one big, long, drawn-out, silly word game" that likely merited sanctions.

  3. February 23, 2018

    Fitbit Wants Rival Sanctioned After Beating IP Suit

    A Fitbit Inc. rival should be sanctioned for not conducting the simplest of investigations before claiming Fitbit infringed a patent covering its motion detection technology, the company told a California federal court in a renewed push to have the since-dismissed suit deemed frivolous.

  4. February 01, 2018

    Fitbit Gets Quick Win In Activity Monitor IP Suit

    A California federal judge granted Fitbit Inc. a quick win Thursday in a suit brought by a rival that claims Fitbit's Blaze and Surge wearable fitness trackers include gyroscopes that infringe its patent, finding the infringement theories as alleged are "demonstrably wrong."

  5. January 25, 2018

    Fitbit Rival Dodges Sanctions Bid In IP Suit, For Now

    A California federal judge on Thursday declined to sanction Smart Wearable Technologies Inc. and its counsel for allegedly filing a frivolous patent claim against Fitbit Inc., calling Fitbit's sanction bid "premature" while chastising Smart's counsel for failing to amend the company's infringement contentions.

  6. December 15, 2017

    Fitbit Wants Activity Monitor IP Suit Tossed As Sanction

    Fitbit Inc. urged a California federal judge Thursday to sanction Smart Wearable Technologies Inc. and its counsel by throwing out its patent lawsuit against the wearable fitness device maker, saying the company continues to push forward with the case even though it knows its claims are frivolous.

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