A California couple that ran one of the first CrossFit programs for more than a decade has asked a federal judge to sanction the fitness company and its lawyers for filing a frivolous trademark infringement suit.
The sanctions motion, brought on July 21, came in one of more than 30 trademark infringement cases that CrossFit has brought since 2012 against unauthorized trainers, cybersquatters and others attempting to use its name. Most of its cases have ended in default judgments or settlements. In one case, a federal judge in San Diego heard arguments on July 21 on whether to toss CrossFit’s false advertising claims over a 2013 article in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research that found 16 percent of participants in a study didn’t complete the CrossFit program due to “injury or overuse.”
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