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Apple wins $250 US jury verdict in patent case over Masimo smartwatches

75 pointsby mistersquid7 months ago

14 comments

Cheer21717 months ago
Apple sued for violations of both design patents and tech patents. Apple won that Masimo's design infringes on Apple's design patents, for which they only asked for $250. Apple lost the other technology patent infringement parts of the case, for which they were asking for an injunction against Masimo selling their watches.
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runjake7 months ago
In case the point is missed: Apple asked for $250, stating their cases was on principle. The courts aren’t slighting Apple.
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kylehotchkiss7 months ago
Does this mean watches will get their blood oxygen sensors back? The news hasn’t yet seemed to clear this up for me
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gnabgib7 months ago
Small discussion (13 points, 17 hours ago, 5 comments) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=41950858">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=41950858</a>
HumblyTossed7 months ago
Title really doesn&#x27;t do the article justice. There&#x27;s a BIT more going on there than just the $250 that Apple got.
jijji7 months ago
It looks like Apple&#x27;s claims were related to the charging of the watch itself... Which brings me to my question of why not use standard USB Type-C charging ports instead of some proprietary charging method? It seems like from the very beginning it is a poor choice, on both parties, to charge a device using a non-standard charging device.
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paultopia7 months ago
Can someone please explain why Apple doesn&#x27;t just buy Masimo in a fight like this? Their market cap is like 5% of Apple&#x27;s annual profit...
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mensetmanusman7 months ago
Can you convert $250 to number of apple smart watches?
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stuartd7 months ago
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.today&#x2F;tgTd1" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.today&#x2F;tgTd1</a>
andrewoneone7 months ago
With this case it seems like Apple is just going to take them to court again and again until the well runs dry and Masimo’s patents can be purchased for pennies on the dollar. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.masimoconsumer.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.masimoconsumer.com&#x2F;</a> Their products feel simultaneously like knock offs and 5 years old all at once.
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ryanobjc7 months ago
In every single press release Masimo complains apple hired away staff.<p>Um, you are in California. There are no non-competes.<p>You just are confessing every single time you can’t retain talented staff.
wombatpm7 months ago
Any reason that Apple just doesn’t buy the company outright? Market cap is only 7.5B.
amar0c7 months ago
Why do hackernews people share links behind paywalls and pop-up&#x27;s that want me to disable ad blocker ?
bell-cot7 months ago
Suggested Title change: s&#x2F;wins $250&#x2F;wins only $250.00&#x2F;<p>That&#x27;d minimal editorializing - while making it quite clear that there is no missing &#x27;K&#x27;, let alone missing &#x27;M&#x27;.
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