Oura scores initial win in US patent case against Ultrahuman

Indian smart ring maker Ultrahuman and Chinese rival RingConn may have infringed patents held by Finnish wearable tech startup Oura, according to an initial determination by a US International Trade Commission (ITC) administrative law judge (ALJ).In a blog post, Oura said the ALJ conducted a claim-by-claim analysis and found that both Ultrahuman and RingConn’s products infringe every element of every asserted claim of its patent.

A smart ring is a wearable device embedded with sensors that track health metrics such as heart rate, sleep patterns,…