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.