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CBC News reports on Strava\u2019s lawsuit against Garmin<\/a>, which alleges patent infringement and breach of contract. Strava claims that Garmin is violating Strava\u2019s patents relating to heatmaps and segments, and also says Garmin\u2019s new developer guidelines require the Garmin logo to be present in every single post and image<\/a>: \u201cWe already provide attribution for every data partner, but Garmin wants to use Strava and every other partner as an advertising platform.\u201d Athletes who rely on both Garmin and Strava are just a bit concerned<\/a>. (It may be worth mentioning that Strava added restrictions on third-party apps to its own API last year: see DC Rainmaker<\/a> and The Verge<\/a><\/em>.) Garmin isn\u2019t commenting (pending litigation, etc., etc.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CBC News reports on Strava\u2019s lawsuit against Garmin, which alleges patent infringement and breach of contract. 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