The federal district court in Seattle dismissed the remaining claims in Nautilus' patent infringement case against Icon Health and Fitness. This case is one of three cases Nautilus has on file against Icon Health and Fitness. Nautilus will appeal this case to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, which has previously ruled in favor of NLS for two separate appeals on this matter.
The company stated in a release that it will continue to prosecute the two trademark infringement cases against Icon Health and Fitness. Nautilus also stated that this matter will have no bearing on the success of operating plans or results.
Icon has stated that the court found that they did not infringe any of Nautilus' “now-expired patents” on the Bowflex machine.
“We are pleased with the judge's decision and believe this is further confirmation of what ICON has stated all along – that ICON went out of its way to avoid infringement and did not, in fact, infringe Nautilus' intellectual property,” said Brad Bearnson, general counsel for ICON.
