April 05, 2023
Masimo Corp. told a California federal jury during opening arguments on Wednesday that Apple poached two employees to improperly obtain proprietary information it then used to launch a patent-infringing smartwatch, while Apple denied any intellectual property theft and blasted Masimo's purported bid for a staggering $3.1 billion in damages.
April 04, 2023
A California federal judge empaneled a jury Tuesday in Masimo Corp.'s trade secret and patent infringement suit against Apple, but not before warning jurors they should keep their Apple Watches at home, because the case centers on technology in the devices.
March 28, 2023
A California federal judge overseeing the trial next week in Masimo Corp.'s trade secrets suit against Apple ruled Tuesday that the tech giant can call its chief executive officer, Tim Cook, as a rebuttal witness if Masimo argues that Apple engaged in so-called smart recruiting to misappropriate trade secrets.
February 17, 2023
A California federal judge is not yet convinced that Apple purportedly poached medical device maker Masimo's trade secrets related to health monitoring systems, finding that Masimo hasn't coughed up enough evidence to show that the techniques at issue are even trade secrets at all.
November 17, 2022
A winery is set to go before a California federal judge next week to argue that its former lawyer has no rights to any of the trademarks tied to its reported $60 million sale, while the lawyer is expected to claim he was the sole financial backer for one of the winery owner's most popular brands. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
June 24, 2022
A California federal judge has refused to unpause medical device maker Masimo's patent suit against Apple over technology that monitors blood oxygen levels, ruling that it can stay on hold while the companies appeal a series of Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions on the asserted patents that largely came out in Apple's favor.
May 25, 2022
Masimo Corp. has asked a California federal judge to confirm that a stay of the company's infringement suit against Apple Inc. has ended now that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has upheld the patents, saying the pause doesn't extend through Apple's appeals.
September 29, 2021
A California federal magistrate judge Wednesday granted Masimo Corp.'s bid to search certain emails of Apple CEO Tim Cook, reversing a previous decision to deny the medical device maker's discovery bid in its suit alleging the Apple Watch used the company's trade secrets and patent-protected technology.
January 09, 2020
Apple Inc. poached key employees from medical device maker Masimo Corp. and swiped some of the company's trade secrets and patent-protected technology for use in the Apple Watch series of products, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in California federal court.