March 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday banned imports of video-streaming health gadgets made by Peloton Interactive Inc (PTON.O) and iFit Inc (IFIT.O) after an company in-house decide final 12 months discovered they infringed Dish Network Corp (DISH.O) patents.

In a 2021 grievance filed with the ITC, Dish and its Sling TV unit accused Peloton and iFit of infringing 4 patents for video-streaming know-how by way of imports of merchandise that stream at-home health content material. These included Peloton bicycles and treadmills and iFit NordicTrack bicycles and ellipticals.

ITC Chief Administrative Law Judge Clark Cheney sided with Dish in September.

President Joe Biden’s administration has 60 days to assessment the import ban earlier than it takes impact, although presidents not often reverse such actions. Parties can even enchantment ITC selections to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which opinions patent disputes, after the 60-day assessment interval ends.

Representatives for Peloton, iFit and Dish didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.

Dish and Sling filed lawsuits in Delaware and Texas that have been placed on maintain for the ITC case. Dish had additionally sued Lululemon Athletica Inc (LULU.O) over its Mirror video-streaming gadget however the corporations settled their patent combat in February.

Cheney discovered that the Peloton, Lululemon and iFit streaming-capable merchandise infringed patents associated to Dish’s Hopper set-top containers. Dish stated its patents lined adaptive bitrate streaming know-how that lets customers stream content material from all over the world in actual time “at the highest possible quality.”

The know-how was developed by Move Networks Inc and was acquired by Dish in 2012, in response to court docket papers.

Reporting by Blake Brittain in Washington
Editing by Will Dunham and David Bario

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