Motorized Dumbbell Is Patent-Eligible, Appellant Tells Federal Circuit

(February 6, 2024, 1:22 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Allowing a Utah federal judge’s determination of ineligibility under Section 101 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 101, to stand “would be fundamentally unfair” and cause the patent owner, a self-described “innovator in weightlifting technologies” and “pioneer of selectorized dumbbells,” to lose valuable ground to market “latecomer” iFIT Inc., the patent owner tells the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a Feb. 5 appellant brief....