The two fitness companies have locked horns in essentially two areas, patents and corporate espionage. Jawbone has said it will appeal thus ruling, while the trial for the corporate espionage is set to go to trial on May 9, in Washington D.C

In a legal reprieve, Fitbit won a legal victory which invalidates a couple of Jawbone’s patents, which the company was using to block Fitbit from importing its fitness bands into the US.

Essentially, what this ruling does for Fitbit is improve its chances to face an import ban from the US International Trade Commission.

This however has not stopped Jawbone from moving ahead and filing a separate suit against Fitbit for stealing its trade secrets.

While Fitbit has been focused on wining the patent relates disputes, Jawbone bone of contention (no pun intended) was the charge of corporate espionage.

Earlier in March, Jawbone enlarged the scope of its case to specific ex-employees who had left the company to only join its rivals armed with 335,000 sensitive documents.

So far, Fitbit has brushed this allegation as an act of “desperation” arising out of its losses in the court room and its losing marketshare.

Jawbone fired back saying it would appeal the court’s ruling and that the ruling represents only a portion of its case. The court is scheduled to take up its charge of corporate espionage on May 9 in Washington DC.