I don't understand. This article is essentially a veneration of someone who's proposing a virtually identical copy of the Withings Activite. Does Withings rea

I don't understand. This article is essentially a veneration of someone who's proposing a virtually identical copy of the Withings Activite. Does Withings really have no patent or copyright protection here? Did the article author purposely ignore the fact that what's being proposed not only is not new, but already exists in a well-regarded product?