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Masimo Corporation et al v. Apple Inc.

  1. May 10, 2023

    Masimo Calls Axing Of Biz Trade Secrets 'Manifest Injustice'

    Masimo urged a California federal judge to "remedy this manifest injustice" over the axing of its business trade secrets in its battle over the Apple Watch's health features, arguing the judge simplified the trade secret descriptions to conclude they were generally known without addressing evidence that showed otherwise.

  2. May 04, 2023

    Apple, Masimo Denied JMOL Wins In $1.85B Watch IP Row

    Masimo and Apple lost dueling motions for judgment as matter of law in a trade secrets fight over the smartwatch, after a California federal judge found some trade secret issues "turn on witness credibility" and "boil down to a classic battle of the experts," according to an order made public on Thursday.

  3. May 01, 2023

    Mistrial Declared In Masimo's $1.85B IP Fight Against Apple

    A California federal judge declared a mistrial Monday afternoon in Masimo Corp.'s $1.85 billion intellectual property dispute accusing Apple of misappropriating trade secrets to develop its smartwatch's pulse oximetry features, after a jury panel repeatedly indicated they were unable to come to a unanimous decision.

  4. April 28, 2023

    Masimo Jury Ends Week With Drama, No Verdict, 1 Less Juror

    A California federal jury deliberating for the third day on whether Apple Inc. misappropriated Masimo Corp.'s trade secrets to develop pulse oximetry features in its smartwatch will resume Monday with one less juror, a single mother of a 10-year-old, who revealed Friday she'd been serving for the past month without a paycheck.

  5. April 26, 2023

    Apple's Theft Of Masimo's Secrets 'Malicious,' Jury Told

    An attorney for Masimo on Wednesday told a California federal jury during closing arguments of the company's high-stakes intellectual property case over Apple's smartwatch that internal Apple emails show the tech giant's theft of Masimo's trade secrets was "intentional and malicious" while Apple's attorney said no theft occurred.

  6. April 25, 2023

    Apple Expert Slices Into Masimo's $3.1B Damages Theory

    Apple rested its defense on Tuesday in a trial over Masimo Corp.'s $3.1 billion Apple Watch intellectual property claims with its final witness, an IP expert who trashed Masimo's damages theory and said the money sought over alleged theft of trade secrets is wildly overestimated.

  7. April 24, 2023

    Apple Seeks $3B Trial Win, Calls Masimo Tech 'Bits And Bobs'

    Apple told a California federal judge on Saturday that, after three weeks of testimony, there is no need to let jurors decide Masimo Corp.'s $3.1 billion Apple Watch intellectual property claims, as Masimo's case "crumbled" while its supposed trade secrets were "revealed to be bits and bobs."

  8. April 14, 2023

    Ex-Masimo CMO Denies Sharing Trade Secrets With Apple

    Masimo's former chief medical officer, accused of taking the company's business trade secrets to Apple, told a California federal jury Friday in Masimo's $3.1 billion intellectual property case that Apple was already working on pulse oximetry features in the blockbuster smartwatch before he was hired in 2013.

  9. April 13, 2023

    Apple Exec Denies Hiring Cercacor CTO To Steal Watch Tech

    The vice president of Apple's hardware technologies group took the stand Thursday in Masimo Corp. and Cercacor Laboratories Inc.'s $3.1 billion intellectual property trial in California federal court over pulse oximetry features in the Apple Watch, denying Apple hired the plaintiffs' chief technology officer to steal the smaller companies' trade secrets.

  10. April 11, 2023

    Apple Exec Voiced Concern About Sensor Efforts, Jury Hears

    A California federal jury considering Masimo Corp.'s $3.1 billion suit accusing Apple of poaching employees to misappropriate pulse oximetry technology heard recorded testimony Tuesday from Apple Inc. executives, including one who said in an email that health sensors were the Apple Watch's most important feature, and "on current path the sensor effort will fail."