We wanted to share an update regarding the recent final determination issued by the U.S. ITC regarding the Ultrahuman / Oura lawsuit.
What this means if you’re in the U.S.
If you own an Ultrahuman Ring AIR in the U.S., you will continue to use it exactly as before – with subscription-free health insights, relentless feature updates, and full warranty support.
You can still buy the Ultrahuman Ring AIR directly from ultrahuman.com, Amazon, and retail partners until 21 October 2025 and get full warranty and support.
What happens after 21 October 2025
- Nothing changes for your existing Ring AIR, your data, or your warranty – you remain fully supported.
- We might not be able to sell the Ring AIR directly in the U.S. after this date.
- Retailers and Amazon may continue selling their existing inventory beyond 21 October.
What’s next for Ultrahuman?
- A next-generation Ultrahuman Ring is already in development. We expect production to begin by December 2025.
- We’re working on clarity around U.S. manufacturing after the ITC review. Once that’s settled, our Texas factory could cover most of the U.S. demand — up to 80%.
Further context
We had previously written about how Oura bought patents recently to sue competitors. While this might help their short-term goals of going public with a nicer story around defensible market share, we believe this is risky behaviour for the long run.
In our view, and looking at the past, this kind of behaviour has often attracted regulators’ attention and has been the reason for the downfall of various companies in the past.
This is besides the point that the health monitoring category, we believe, deserves better players.
If a company’s track record shows that:
- They buy patents and sue competitors
- Get sued by folks like Dr. Peter Attia (one of the most credible and neutral voices in the health space)
- Engadget reported on Samsung’s lawsuit against Oura, which included allegations of “patent troll-like” behaviour
- Allegedly engages in backroom deals, as per industry peers
How’s that a strong foundation for an organisation that cares about people and their wellbeing?
Ultrahuman’s view for the long term
The reason why we started Ultrahuman was that we genuinely and personally felt the need to make health optimization easily accessible to people.
We enjoy testing tons of devices, trying out new health protocols, treating our own bodies as labs, building fun health features, and more. Most of us in the company today write code, and almost everyone tracks their health obsessively. We’re really having a lot of fun.
We believe that the best player should win, and even more companies should compete and win in this space. This is not a zero-sum game, and we’re here for long.
