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As Peloton gets its financial ducks in a row, it appears the company is easing up on its patent disputes. Today, Peloton and iFit \u2014 which owns rival NordicTrack \u2014 announced that they\u2019ve settled all pending litigation and that \u201call pending actions between the companies will be dismissed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The announcement<\/a> itself was brief, offering little detail. As part of the settlement, iFit has agreed to remove some on-demand leaderboard tech from its devices, while Peloton will license \u201ccertain iFit patents relating to remote control technology.\u201d This is somewhat a reversal in attitude from where Peloton was roughly six months ago.<\/p>\n

Back in November \u2014 just as Peloton\u2019s stock woes were beginning to take hold \u2014 the company reportedly filed lawsuits against rivals Echelon and iFit<\/a>. At the time, Peloton alleged that the companies were getting \u201cfree rides\u201d off its innovations, particularly with regard to its leaderboards. However, in January, Echelon managed to get a win when it convinced the US Patent and Trademark Office that two of Peloton\u2019s streaming patents shouldn\u2019t have been patentable<\/a> in the first place. <\/p>\n

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In the past, Peloton hasn\u2019t been afraid to get into patent battles. It was a big part of its strategy in dealing with rivals<\/a> and imitators. According to a recent Echelon counterclaim<\/a>, Peloton\u2019s spent a lot of money on marketing, undercutting prices, and operating at a loss to \u201cgain and maintain market share and stifle competition.\u201d Echelon also alleged in the filing that Peloton\u2019s cash reserves allowed it to \u201cfund serial baseless litigation against competitors in order to raise their costs, and intimidate and bully them out of the market.\u201d <\/p>\n

Notably, the Echelon filing also attributed Peloton\u2019s litigious strategy to former CEO John Foley, who stepped down in February<\/a>. Foley was heavily criticized at the time for leading the company astray<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Patent battles are risky, especially if courts deem Peloton\u2019s innovations as not that innovative after all. That could potentially leave Peloton without legal protections for its core technologies. Patent wars are also notoriously expensive<\/a>, and, in its most recent Q3 earnings<\/a>, new Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy described the company\u2019s cash flow as \u201cthinly capitalized.\u201d So while iFit is giving up \u201csome\u201d but not all of its leaderboard tech, perhaps the takeaway here is that McCarthy would rather give up expensive legal battles than spend millions burying competitors in paperwork. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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