So I have seen it written in numerous places on Facebook over the past few days that there is a great deal of similarity between ActiveTarget and Livescope. Clearly from the videos that looks to be true. Better detail and less evidence of "stitching" on ActiveTarget, but obviously very similar.

I have also seen it written by a many people that Lowrance has stolen Garmin's technology to make ActiveTarget. That seems pretty unlikely to me because surely Garmin would just sue the pants off Lowrance if it were true. So....what is the true story? Who owns the technology or the patents or whatever the proper term is) Does Lowrance have access to the same tech/patents that Garmin does? Does their technology sharing agreement cover live sonar technology? What about Humminbird? Do they even have access to it? Would really love for someone to explain the scenario with referenceable facts (patents, etc.). Am I asking the impossible??