What you need to know • The case "Strava, Inc. v. Garmin Ltd" was filed on September 30 in the U.S. District Court in Colorado. • Strava filed a 2011 patent for activity segments and a 2013 patent for heatmaps, and now claims that Garmin's Live Segments and heatmaps violate them. • Strava and Garmin had a 2015 Master Cooperation Agreement to use Strava Live Segments on Garmin watches. • Strava is demanding a "permanent injunction" on selling any Garmin watches with Strava technology due to "irreparable harm" to Strava's brand.

Strava has launched a legal battle against Garmin, one of its biggest partners, for "causing ongoing harm to Strava" by using its patented features "in ways that Strava has never authorized or licensed." And it's demanding that a U.S. District judge approve

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