Exercise-equipment maker Balanced Body Inc. accused a Hudson Valley Pilates studio of infringing design and utility patents with knockoff equipment in a federal lawsuit.
Pilates Club Middletown and its founder Ety Deutsch’s use of reformer machines, which feature a movable carriage for core exercises, infringe seven patents, Balanced Body alleged in a complaint filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Balanced Body said its counsel sent multiple letters and called the Pilates studio in August, but the infringement continued. The letters pointed to Pilates Club Instagram posts featuring the reformers, and informed the ...
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