Jawbone fails to block Fitbit from the US in court case

Jawbone has failed in a legal bid to block rival Fitbit from operating in the United States, after a US International Trade Commission judge ruled that Fitbit had not stolen trade secrets from the manufacturer. Jawbone had alleged that its rival had stolen classified information in a complaint to the International Trade Commission in July last year — an action would violate the the US Tariff Act, and potentially allow the ITC to block the import of Fitbit's products into the US. But j