April 13, 2023
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.
April 11, 2023
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."
April 10, 2023
Masimo Corp.'s chief operating officer took the stand Monday in the company's $3.1 billion intellectual property suit over pulse oximetry technology in Apple watches, telling a California jury Masimo took numerous security measures to protect confidential information and required employees — including two who left for Apple — to sign confidentiality agreements.
April 07, 2023
A Masimo Corp. co-founder testifying in the company's $3.1 billion intellectual property suit over pulse oximetry technology in Apple Watches conceded to a California federal jury Friday that he didn't know which trade secrets Apple allegedly misappropriated and wasn't aware of any Apple patents for which Masimo claims he should be named an inventor.
April 06, 2023
A California federal judge on Thursday repeatedly sealed a $3.1 billion trial over Masimo Corp.'s claims that Apple stole trade secrets and infringed patents for pulse oximetry technology in its blockbuster Apple Watch, allowing Masimo's founders to testify for hours behind closed doors to nonpublic details about the disputed technology.
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.