Nike and Lululemon have agreed to end over four years of litigation over patents involving a smart gym system that users could mount onto their walls at home.
In a motion filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan on Wednesday, both companies said they would dismiss the case with prejudice and will not refile any legal action.
Nike accused Lululemon in January 2022 of infringing on six patents covering technology used in Nike’s existing fitness products and apps that showed metrics, levels of exertion, recording performance stats and participating in challenges with other users.
The lawsuit demanded triple damages and accused Lululemon of allegedly infringing on the technology with knowledge that Mirror’s operating software breached Nike’s products.
Lululemon denied the allegation and said that the “patents in question are overly broad and invalid. We are confident in our position and look forward to defending it in court.”
Mirror was acquired by Lululemon for around $500 million in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic fitness boom and later renamed the service Lululemon Studio with plans to roll out the device in its wide network of retail stores.
The original Mirror device sold for $1,495 and would often be advertised with discounts. Under Lululemon, the price dropped to $795 with a limited-time promotional code, but users could easily spend over $2,000 after also purchasing accessory packages that included mats, weights and other add-ons.
But amid slow hardware sales, Lululemon drastically pivoted on Mirror’s strategy and switched to an all-digital fitness platform and pulled back on future development of the device. The company would take a total loss on Mirror despite rumors of other companies showing interest in acquiring the hardware portion of the business.
Nike and Lululemon’s legal history also includes a separate lawsuit from 2023 over claims that Lululemon’s shoes infringed on two patents relating to knitted and textile footwear construction, with Nike believing that its popular Flyknit style on many of its uppers were being copied and requested at least 5 percent of Lululemon’s revenues from the shoes in damages.
That lawsuit accused Lululemon of using techniques on its Blissfeel, Chargefeel and Strongfeel shoes that closely resembled Flyknit and in March 2025 a federal court in New York ruled in favor of Nike on one patent claim, awarding the sportswear maker $355,450.
The verdict was overturned in March and in May both companies agreed to a dismissal of the case and Nike’s planned appeal.
