iRobot, SharkNinja Settle Last of Lengthy Roomba Patent Fight

iRobot Corp. and SharkNinja Operating LLC have agreed to sweep the last of their robotic vacuum cleaner court squabble under the rug, according to a settlement notice filed in Boston federal court.

The rival vacuum makers reached an agreement in principle to settle the remaining claims of iRobot’s patent infringement lawsuit against SharkNinja, according to a Monday notice filed in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

The parties asked Judge Allison D Burroughs to cancel a Wednesday status conference and stay all deadlines to allow time “to memorialize their agreement and subsequently seek dismissal of this ...