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Oura sues Ultrahuman (again) to block its latest smart ring from the US market

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Oura sues Ultrahuman (again) to block its latest smart ring from the US market

It claims Ultrahuman's Ring Pro violates two separate patents, including a brand new one.

Last year, Oura successfully sued Ultrahuman and got a court to block sales of its Ring Air product in the US. Now, Oura has sued Ultrahuman again in a Texas federal court over its latest product, the Ring Pro, saying it violates two of its patents involving design and internal components, according to a Oura's blog post. Oura is seeking monetary damages and wants to (again) stop Ultrahuman from selling its latest wearable.

"After it was found to be infringing Oura patents, Ultrahuman recently introduced a modified version of its ring, claiming its redesign no longer infringed our patents. That claim is false. Ultrahuman's latest ring still incorporates many of Oura's patented innovations and continues to infringe our intellectual property," Oura claimed in the post.

India-based Ultrahuman's Ring Air was banned for sale in the US after the ITC ruled that it violated several Oura patents (it's still on sale in Europe and other markets). Ultrahuman subsequently redesigned its Ring Pro to avoid violating Oura's IP in America, and received approval from the US Customs and Border Protection earlier this year.

However, Finland-based Oura now says that Ultrahuman is violating two separate patents, including one that was approved just two days before the company filed its lawsuit, TechCrunch reported. That patent ( 12,769,363 ) appears to broadly cover a smart ring design with a housing, battery and specific internal components. The Ring Pro is manufactured at a plant in Plano, Texas for the US market by a company called SVTronics under Ultrahuman's direction, and Oura also named SVTronics as a defendant in the lawsuit.


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