Strava’s large assault on Garmin did not final lengthy. On Tuesday, the previous filed paperwork to dismiss its patent infringement lawsuit towards the latter, in accordance with DC Rainmaker. The battle, which included a “Setting the file straight” Reddit publish from Strava’s chief product officer, lasted all of 21 days.
The lawsuit accused Garmin of infringing on patents associated to warmth maps and segments. Strava requested the court docket to halt all gross sales of infringing Garmin merchandise, which, in accordance with its characterization, would have been, properly, most of them.
Strava Chief Product Officer Matt Salazar escalated the battle with an October 2 Reddit post. He stated his firm’s authorized maneuver was in response to Garmin API pointers that “required the Garmin brand to be current on each single exercise publish, display, graph, picture, sharing card, and so on.” Salazar wrote that Garmin “needs to make use of Strava and each different associate as an promoting platform — they informed us they care extra about their advertising and marketing than your consumer expertise.”
These are preventing phrases, and Strava seemed to be digging in for a righteous and bitter battle towards its associate. However now, it is primarily, “Eh, by no means thoughts.”
Why the short reversal? We reached out to Strava for remark, and we’ll replace this publish if we hear again. However closed-door discussions between the businesses, presumably together with threats from Garmin to counter-sue, appear doubtless. Garmin has a stacked patent library and a powerful file defending them in court docket. Moreover, DC Rainmaker says Strava’s case (particularly the components associated to warmth map patents) did not seem to carry a lot water within the first place.
Strava’s preliminary transfer was all of the more strange, contemplating how a lot its enterprise mannequin relies on exercise knowledge from Garmin gadgets. The 2 firms have a longstanding relationship, which you’ll think about is not so wholesome for the time being. Shedding entry to Garmin’s legion of gadgets may have been catastrophic to the San Francisco-based Strava, which plans to file an IPO subsequent yr.
