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Oura has sued Circular, a rival smart ring brand, for infringing on two of its patents. The Circular wearable was demonstrated at CES 2022 and opened for pre-sale in February, with delivery expected later this year. Circular claims that its smart ring can monitor 142 metrics akin to coronary heart rate variability, respiration rate and physique temperature. The Oura smart ring fitness monitor has many comparable features, resembling sleep monitoring and an accompanying app to report your well being statistics. Oura presently dominates the smart ring market and recently announced that it had over one million users. In response to the filing, Oura has sued circular for infringing on patent 10,893,833 ('833), which describes the makeup of the wearable. This contains the materials used, electronics and a non-ceramic coating. The second patent cited, 10,842,429 ('429), covers the info collection strategies utilized by the device, similar to LED sensors and an accelerometer. These sensors are used to detect relaxation or activity and measure different biosignals. The document additionally reveals that a cease and desist letter was sent from Oura to Circular in January, after which the rival promised to evaluation the patents. Oura claims that Circular didn't perform this evaluation. It's unclear which company will win the lawsuit, because the patents cited appear to be huge-reaching. A press release from Circular defined that its goal "is to attain innovation for the higher good and a monopoly scenario has by no means driven innovation". |
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