Fitbit-Jawbone lawsuits

ITC judge clears Fitbit of stealing trade secrets from Jawbone

By Jonah Comstock 01:38 pm August 24, 2016

The International Trade Commission will officially not be blocking Fitbit's imports. Rival Jawbone asked the ITC to do just that a little over a year ago, filing parallel cases with the ITC to two cases they had filed against Fitbit in federal or state court: one pertaining to allegedly violated patents and the other pertaining to allegedly stolen trade secrets. The patent case was dismissed in...

Fitbit CEO talks software focus, future acquisitions, and blurring fitness-health

By Jonah Comstock 10:50 am July 14, 2015

Fitbit CEO James Park Forget everything you thought you knew about Fitbit. According to founder and CEO James Park, speaking to Forbes International Editor Brian O'Keefe at a recent Forbes event, Fitbit doesn't see itself as a hardware company or a wearable company, but rather as a consumer health and wellness company that happens to sell wearables -- for now. "While press and analysts focus...