Apple has secured a victory in its ongoing intellectual property dispute with Masimo. A federal jury in Delaware has ruled in favor of Apple, finding that earlier versions of Masimo’s W1 and Freedom smartwatches and their chargers infringed on two of Apple’s design patents. The jury determined that Masimo’s infringement was willful.
[T]he jury awarded the tech giant, which is worth about $3.5 trillion, just $250 in damages – the statutory minimum for infringement in the United States.
Apple’s attorneys told the court the “ultimate purpose” of its lawsuit was not money, but to win an injunction against sales of Masimo’s smartwatches after an infringement ruling.
On that front, jury also determined that Masimo’s current watches did not infringe Apple patents covering inventions that the tech giant had accused Masimo of copying.
MacDailyNews Note: Masimo successfully blocked the U.S. import of Apple’s Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches last year after the U.S. International Trade Commission determined that Apple’s blood oxygen monitoring technology infringed on Masimo’s patents. However, Apple appealed the decision and resumed sales of the watches after removing the infringing technology. In response, Apple filed a countersuit against Masimo in 2022, accusing the company of copying Apple Watch features for its own smartwatch designs.
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