Fitbit: – We will defend ourselves vigorously – ITavisen.no

Jawbone draws Fitbit court. Fitbit understand little of the allegations.

Thursday, 28 May 2015 – 12:31

The rivalry between the two training bracelets manufacturer reaches new heights. Jawbone accuses namely Fitbit for systematically stealing Jawbone employees, while giving them access to Jawbone’s own secrets and intellectual property.

The full complaint from the company attempts to demonize Fitbit as a company that lacks both courses and a concrete plan of action. Jawbone claims that Fibits recruiters unstoppable’ve tried to bring Jawbone employees to keep their business going.

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Five employees have stolen trade secrets
This year is Fitbit accused of contacting 30 percent of Jawbone’s workforce.

Five employees notified immediately transition to Fitbit, and it is claimed that each one of them brought with it access to and knowledge of the key characteristics of Jawbone’s trade secrets and the future direction of the company.

These five are also mentioned as defendants in the case to break Jawbone confidentiality agreement.

Jawbone saving no gunpowder in the complaint against Fitbit. The five executives is partly blamed for having downloaded deep secret files to personal storage devices and email posted other sensitive documents to personal email addresses.

This is said to have happened at some point they had accepted a contract from Fitbit, but also before they resigned in Jawbone.

The company behind Up2- and UP3 training bracelet to say they have suffered monetary, competitive and irreparable damage as a result the behavior of Fitbit.

They seek compensatory and offenses against Fitbit and the five former employees, and also want the court to prevent Fitbit to take advantage of the stolen business secrets that should never have exchanged hands.

Fitbit for their part, know little of the allegations.

– As a pioneer and market leader in “connected health and fitness” category, the Fitbit no need to extract information from Jawbone or any other company. Since the start of Fitbit in 2007 our employees have developed and delivered innovative product solutions to encourage our users to lead a healthier and more active lives. We us feeling that we should be in possession of any kind of confidential or proprietary information from Jawbone, and we want to defend ourselves vigorously against these claims, writes Fitbit in an e-mail ITavisen.

Source:
The Verge