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Spokespeople for Google and Philips did not immediately respond to requests for comment and more information about the settlement.
Philips sued Fitbit in 2019, arguing Fitbit’s fitness trackers infringed patents related to its wearable health-monitoring devices. All of the patents at issue were eventually invalidated by the court and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Fitbit, along with Garmin, defeated a related Philips patent case at the U.S. International Trade Commission in 2021.
Google acquired Fitbit for $2.1 billion in January 2021.
The case is Philips North America LLC v. Fitbit LLC, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, No. 1:19-cv-11586.
For Philips: Ruben Rodrigues, Eley Thompson, Lucas Silva and Michelle Moran of Foley & Lardner
For Fitbit: Adam Steinmetz, Karim Oussayef, Leslie Spencer and Brian Matty of Desmarais
Reporting by Blake Brittain in Washington
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Blake Brittain reports on intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets, for Reuters Legal. He has previously written for Bloomberg Law and Thomson Reuters Practical Law and practiced as an attorney.
Philips, Google’s Fitbit settle fitness-tracker patent dispute
