NEW YORK: Fitbit Inc did not steal rival Jawbone's trade secrets, a US International Trade Commission judge ruled on Aug 23, dashing Jawbone's hopes of securing an import ban against Fitbit's wearable fitness tracking devices.
The judge, Dee Lord, said that there had been no violation of the Tariff Act, which gives the commission the power to block products that infringe US intellectual property, because "no party has been shown to have misappropriated any trade secret."
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