Thu, Feb 18th 2021 7:38pm
Timothy Geigner
Back in 2010, we discussed that the at-the-time spin class craze in the fitness world was encountering the fact that one company, Mad Dogg Athletics, held a trademark on the term spinning for use in the fitness industry. Mad Dogg had taken to going around the world and threatening anyone else using the term with trademark infringement as a result. And, to be clear, they had
a lot of targets for these threats, which factored into the argument that term was now generic and hadn t been properly enforced as a trademark for years.
Since 2010, the spin class craze has morphed out of the brick and mortar gym and into home fitness, with the current fad being app-driven home stationary spin bikes. The leader in that field is, of course, Peloton. Mad Dogg sued Peloton for trademark infringement last year over patents it holds for core features of its bikes. In what may be something of a clap back in that dispute, however, Peloton has now pet
17-11-2016
Exercise bike manufacturer Peloton has filed a petition to cancel a rival’s trademark of “Spinning”, claiming it is abusively enforcing the mark.
Peloton claimed that rival fitness company Mad Dogg Athletics is “abusively enforcing” its trademark rights of ‘Spinning’ and ‘Spin’ across the indoor biking industry in a petition filed to the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO) yesterday.
The petition argued that the terms are generic and that Mad Dogg’s lawyers have been ceaseless in their campaign to chase down infringers. It also cites John Baudhuin, co-founder of Mad Dogg, admitting to spending “hundreds of thousands of dollars a year” on litigation.
Spinning creator files patent infringement lawsuit accusing Peloton of stealing its technology for their stationary bikes
Spinning-creator Mad Dogg Athletics filed its lawsuit against Peloton Interactive on Monday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
The suit accuses Peloton of infringing on two MDA patents for stationary bikes
MDA, founded in 1994, bills itself as the creator of the indoor cycling category Peloton has built its business by freeriding on Mad Dogg s patent-protected innovations, MDA CEO John Baudhuin said
Its suit was filed three days after it was announced that Peloton, founded in 2012, will be joining the Nasdaq 100 index