Evidently, Joe’s premature victory lap ain’t foolin those who care to read the small print.
Judge Unwilling To Find Apple Stole Masimo Trade Secrets
By
Jasmin Jackson
Law360 (February 17, 2023, 10:18 PM EST) -- U.S. District Judge James V. Selna's Feb. 7 order — unsealed Thursday — denied
Masimo Corp.'s motion for partial summary judgment in its intellectual property suit accusing Apple Inc. of swiping health monitoring technology for a series of Apple Watch products. Masimo had sought to nail Apple on claims that the iPhone maker misappropriated trade secrets obtained from a former Masimo employee. But Judge Selna shot down Masimo's partial summary judgment bid, holding that he wouldn't address the issue of harm since Masimo hadn't shown summary judgment was warranted on issues of misappropriation and trade secret existence. Selna made it clear there is still a genuine dispute about whether the health monitoring techniques at issue were "generally unknown and if so, whether they derived value from their secrecy."
https://www.law360.com/amp/articles/1577419
https://ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Masimo-v-Apple-Dkt-206.pdf