Overview
- Strava filed its complaint on September 30 in the U.S. District Court for Colorado, asking for a permanent injunction that would block Garmin from selling devices offering segments or heat‑mapping features.
- Beyond patent claims, Strava alleges Garmin breached a 2015 Master Cooperation Agreement by using access to Strava Live Segments to develop competing Garmin‑branded functionality.
- The disputed features include Garmin Live Segments, heatmaps and popularity routing within Garmin Connect and devices such as Forerunner and Fenix watches and Edge bike computers.
- Garmin has declined to comment on the case, while independent reporting highlights potential prior‑art challenges because Garmin deployed heatmaps in early 2013, before Strava’s 2014 heatmap patent filing.
- Both companies indicate user syncing should continue for now, and coverage notes the litigation could take months or years to resolve, with the branding‑attribution policy shift on July 1 identified as a key flashpoint.