The RingConn lawsuit ended in a settlement. After the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled in October 2025 that RingConn’s smart rings infringed an Oura patent, RingConn and Oura signed a multi-year patent licensing agreement on October 21, 2025, the same day an import ban would have taken effect. RingConn pays ongoing royalties, Oura dropped its claims, and RingConn’s Gen 2, Gen 2 Air, and Gen 3 rings remain on sale in the United States.1Oura Ring Blog. Oura Secures Licensing Agreements With RingConn and Omate2Athletech News. Oura Signs Licensing Agreements RingConn Omate Following ITC Patent Ruling
What Oura Sued Over
The case turned on a single patent, U.S. Patent No. 11,868,178. Its claims describe the basic hardware of a finger-worn wearable: an outer housing, an inner housing, a printed circuit board between them, and a curved battery.3Ultrahuman Blog. So What’s the Patent That Oura Is Suing Everyone For
Oura did not invent the patent. The family began at Motiv, a defunct smart ring startup; Proxy bought it from Motiv in 2020, and Oura bought it from Proxy in 2023.4HT World. Oura Establishing Market Dominance Through IP The ‘178 patent issued on January 9, 2024. Sixty-three days later, on March 13, 2024, Oura filed its ITC complaint.3Ultrahuman Blog. So What’s the Patent That Oura Is Suing Everyone For
What the ITC Decided
The complaint became ITC Investigation No. 337-TA-1398, naming RingConn and India-based Ultrahuman as respondents.5USPTO. PGR2024-00030 Documents6Fish & Richardson. ITC Round Up Q2 2025
The full Commission affirmed on August 21, 2025.5USPTO. PGR2024-00030 Documents On September 9, 2025, the ITC issued exclusion and cease-and-desist orders against both RingConn and Ultrahuman, banning the import and U.S. sale of the infringing rings effective October 21, 2025.7BusinessWire. U.S. International Trade Commission Rules in Favor of Oura in Patent Case Against Ultrahuman and RingConn
During the 60-day presidential review that followed, RingConn kept selling and shipping normally. No bond was required, and the ITC carved out specific exemptions for RingConn’s mobile app, its chargers, and warranty support for existing customers.8RingConn. RingConn Official Update ITC Ruling and Our Commitment to You9Lifehacker. Ultrahuman RingConn Smart Rings Pulled From Market Oura Lawsuit
The Settlement and License
Rather than fight the ban into effect, RingConn settled on the day it was set to begin. The October 21, 2025 agreement is a multi-year patent license covering RingConn’s smart rings and companion app in the United States. RingConn pays ongoing royalties. Financial terms are confidential. Oura agreed to dismiss all of its legal claims against RingConn tied to patents covering the Oura Ring design.10RingConn. Oura and RingConn Enter Multi-Year Patent Licensing Agreement
Oura announced a separate license with wearable maker Omate the same day, giving Omate access to a portion of Oura’s patent portfolio for future ring designs.11Oura Ring Blog. Oura Secures Licensing Agreements With RingConn and Omate
What This Means If You Own or Want a RingConn Ring
You can still buy one. RingConn continues to sell its Gen 2, Gen 2 Air, and Gen 3 rings in the United States under the license.2Athletech News. Oura Signs Licensing Agreements RingConn Omate Following ITC Patent Ruling Pricing runs from $199 to $299, with no subscription.9Lifehacker. Ultrahuman RingConn Smart Rings Pulled From Market Oura Lawsuit
If you already own one, nothing changes for you. RingConn told customers that devices, app access, data services, and warranty support would continue uninterrupted regardless of the legal outcome, and the ITC’s carve-outs during the review period had already protected the app, chargers, and warranty obligations to existing customers.8RingConn. RingConn Official Update ITC Ruling and Our Commitment to You9Lifehacker. Ultrahuman RingConn Smart Rings Pulled From Market Oura Lawsuit RingConn also said its R&D team was working on next-generation hardware designed around the Oura patent.
Ultrahuman Is a Separate Story
The same ITC ruling also covered Ultrahuman, but Ultrahuman did not license. Its rings were barred from U.S. sale when the exclusion orders took effect.12Oura Ring Blog. Oura ITC Case Ultrahuman instead redesigned its Ring Pro to work around the patent and submitted the new design to U.S. Customs and Border Protection; as of late February 2026 it was not yet on sale in the United States.13PCMag. Ultrahuman Ring Pro Sports 15-Day Battery Patent Dispute Delays US Launch Ultrahuman also sued Oura in the Delhi High Court on August 22, 2025, alleging that the Oura Ring 4 infringes an Indian patent of Ultrahuman’s; Oura called the suit meritless.14Ultrahuman Blog. Ultrahuman Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Oura None of that affects RingConn’s U.S. status.
The Patent Is Still Being Challenged
The Oura patent that anchored the case has not gone unchallenged. Samsung filed a post-grant review at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the PTAB instituted proceedings (PGR2024-00030) on December 6, 2024 after finding it “more likely than not” that the claims were obvious over prior art.3Ultrahuman Blog. So What’s the Patent That Oura Is Suing Everyone For The PTAB’s final decision largely upheld the patent, invalidating only claims 17 and 18.4HT World. Oura Establishing Market Dominance Through IP Samsung appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on December 17, 2025. As of mid-2026 the appeal, Case No. 26-1258, remains pending with no judge assigned.15AI Lab ExParte. Samsung Electronics Corp Ltd v Ouraring Inc For now, the patent stands, and RingConn’s license with it.