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Ultrahuman's Ring Pro smart ring went on sale Wednesday at Best Buy, Target, Walmart and Ultrahuman's own website, with wider retail rollout to over 1,000 Target and Walmart stores planned in coming weeks. The $479 ring tracks heart rate, sleep, stress and other metrics without a subscription, launching just six days after Oura filed a new patent infringement complaint against Ultrahuman seeking a US sales ban.
Oura has filed a fresh patent infringement lawsuit against Ultrahuman in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging the Ultrahuman Ring Pro violates its design and utility patents. The complaint also names SVTronics, the Texas manufacturer of the Ring Pro, and seeks damages plus a permanent sales ban. One of the cited design patents was issued just two days before the filing.
Oura has sued Ultrahuman again in a Texas federal court, alleging the Ring Pro smart ring infringes two patents covering design and internal hardware, including one issued just two days before filing. The suit also names manufacturer SVTronics, which Oura says assembles the ring at Ultrahuman's direction, and seeks to block US sales and recover damages. Ultrahuman CEO Mohit Kumar says the company will contest the claims and that the Ring Pro remains on sale in the US with no court order against it.
Oura has sued Ultrahuman again in federal court in Texas, alleging the redesigned Ring Pro infringes two patents covering ring design and internal components like the battery and sensors. The suit, filed Thursday, seeks monetary damages and a permanent injunction to halt U.S. sales of the Ring Pro, which only returned to the market in February after a prior Oura-driven import ban on Ultrahuman's earlier Ring Air.
Taction Technology has filed a motion asking a US court for supplemental damages, ongoing royalties on future iPhone and Apple Watch sales, and prejudgment interest dating back to April 2021, following a jury's $5.7 billion patent infringement verdict against Apple over its Taptic Engine. Taction argues the original award only covered Apple sales through March 2026 and wants royalties extended to newer devices like the iPhone 18 Pro and Apple Watch Ultra 4, citing arguments Apple itself used in its patent case against Samsung.
A federal judge has mandated Apple to pay an additional $184 million in interest related to a patent infringement case brought by Masimo. The case stems from Apple’s use of Masimo’s blood oxygen measurement technology in the Apple Watch, which was previously found to infringe on Masimo’s patent, leading to a $634 million damages award. The interest was calculated based on Masimo’s borrowing rate, not the higher rate requested by Masimo, and the total interest was added to the original damages.
Micron has filed a lawsuit against China's YMTC, claiming the company recruited former Micron engineers who then patented inventions closely mirroring work they did at Micron. Micron alleges these employees left citing personal reasons, kept their new roles off LinkedIn, and were bound by confidentiality agreements they broke, and that YMTC later used the resulting patents to accuse Micron of infringement in multiple jurisdictions.
A federal jury in the Southern District of California found that Apple infringed two patents held by Taction Technology, awarding $5.7 billion in damages. Taction, which supplies haptic technology used in Corsair headsets, argued Apple's Taptic Engine in the iPhone and Apple Watch used its vibration-based transducer inventions without authorization. The jury found infringement but ruled it was not willful; Apple says it disagrees and will appeal.
Litigation funder Burford Capital's stock jumped more than 9% in London trading after it revealed a financial entitlement in Taction Technology's $5.7 billion patent verdict against Apple over the Taptic Engine. Burford said it could receive up to $1.4 billion if the verdict is paid in full, split roughly equally between its balance sheet and investment funds. Court records show Taction's litigation funding came through Kenosha Investments LP, an indirect Burford subsidiary, and Gronostaj Investments LLC.
A federal jury in San Diego ruled that Apple's Taptic Engine, used in iPhones and Apple Watches, infringed two haptics patents held by Taction Technology, awarding Taction more than $5.7 billion in damages. The jury found the infringement was not willful, and Apple has said it plans to appeal the verdict.
A US jury ruled Friday that Apple must pay Taction Technology $5.7 billion for infringing two patents covering haptic feedback vibration technology used in Apple's Taptic Engine. Taction sued Apple in 2021, arguing the Taptic Engine—used in the Apple Watch since 2014 and iPhones since 2015—infringed its patented vibration module design. Apple says it disagrees with the verdict and plans to appeal, maintaining its technology is fundamentally different from Taction's.
A federal jury ruled that Apple must pay Taction, a San Diego haptics company, more than $5.7 billion for unintentionally infringing two patents related to the Taptic Engine used in iPhones and Apple Watches. Taction originally sued in 2021, saw the case dismissed in 2023, and had it revived by the Federal Circuit appeals court before the verdict was issued Friday. Apple has said it disagrees with both the verdict and damages and plans to appeal.