Strava Sues Garmin — Demands All Its Watches & Bike Computers Be Pulled
With those key facts laid out, let’s dig into the details of this surprising corporate showdown. Lawsuit Overview: What Did Strava Claim? On September 30, 2025, Strava formally sued Garmin in Colorado federal court bikeradar.com. The complaint alleges that Garmin’s Connect platform and devices infringe two Strava patents: one covering segments (route sections with performance comparisons) and the other covering activity heatmaps used for routing. Strava is asking for an extraordinary remedy: a permanent injunction to force Garmin to stop selling or importing any product that implements the patented technology dcrainmaker.com theverge.com. In practice, that would hit almost every Garmin fitness watch and Edge bike computer, since those