Peloton Fails to Get Icon’s Patent-Infringement Claims Tossed

Peloton lost its bid to get a federal judge to dismiss counterclaims by NordicTrack maker Icon Health & Fitness that Peloton’s treadmill and app infringe two Icon patents, a setback stemming from Peloton’s filing last year of a lawsuit alleging its rival copied its programs and lied in advertising.

• Peloton had argued it has an express license to practice the patents from a 2017 settlement with Icon; Icon had countered that the license was limited to the Peloton Bike
• “It is clear that the license has limits; it is something less than a license to the two patents,” U.S. District ...