You Can Still Buy Ringconn Smart Rings In The Us - Even After Its Patent Dispute With Oura

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways 

• RingConn smart rings tin still beryllium purchased successful nan US. 
• The rings were going to beryllium taken disconnected nan marketplace connected Oct. 21.
• The institution secured a licensing statement pinch Oura. 

Earlier this year, Oura won a patent conflict betwixt Ultrahuman and RingConn, 2 competitors successful nan smart ringing market. The US International Trade Commission (ITC) wished that nan 2 brands infringed connected Oura's shape facet patent, issuing cease and desist orders for Ultrahuman and RingConn.  

The cease and desist bid was expected to return effect connected Oct. 21. However, acknowledgment to a licensing statement pinch Oura, RingConn smart rings evaded nan bid and tin beryllium sold successful nan US. The aforesaid can't beryllium said for Ultrahuman, nan different smart ringing institution that was recovered to beryllium infringing Oura's patent. 

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The 2 smart rings are subscription-free, affordable alternatives to Oura's $350 smart ringing (which requires a $70 yearly subscription to unlock complete information access). 

Starting Oct. 21, Ultrahuman smart rings can't beryllium imported aliases sold successful nan US. Ultrahuman did not instantly respond to a petition for comment. 

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Oura and RingConn announced a broad colony and patent licence statement connected Tuesday. Oura besides entered a multi-year patent licensing statement pinch Omate, a lesser-known smart ringing brand. 

RingConn will proceed to beryllium sold connected Amazon and successful nan US, and nan institution will now make royalty payments to Oura. Omate will get to entree Oura's patent portfolio to create early smart rings successful alignment pinch Oura's ain patents. 

Earlier this year, nan ITC recovered that some Ultrahuman and RingConn participated successful "dishonest tactics," Oura says successful a blog post, to create their ain smart rings.

Now that Ultrahuman's cease and desist bid is successful effect, definite features of its smart ringing whitethorn beryllium disabled, aliases nan marque whitethorn person to redesign nan shape facet of its Ultrahuman Ring Air. 

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In an earlier interview pinch ZDNET astir nan patent dispute, Ultrahuman CEO Mohit Kumar said nan institution is moving connected a caller smart ringing and will proceed its Texas manufacturing mill operations. 

"Of people this was a measurement to slow down competition, but we don't care," Kumar told ZDNET. "We're present for long."