Albright Bars Health Co. From Promoting Neck Machine, For Now

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By Dave Simpson (Dec. 2, 2021, 10:29 p.m. EST) – U.S. District Judge Alan Albright issued an injunction preventing a fitness company from selling a neck exercise machine, ruling Thursday that the company’s rival, Gonza , will likely succeed on his claim that the device will tear off his patent.

The Texas federal judge sided with Gonza LLC, which claims its product, the Neck Flex, is experiencing declining sales due to a cheaply manufactured replica from Mission Competition Fitness Equipment LLC, the Iron Neck Alpha. Gonza has alleged that Mission Competition Fitness infringed its patent, U.S. Patent No. 11,007,405, which covers a neck exercise device used with resistance bands …