Apple-Masimo Trade Secrets Fight Ends With No Jury Verdict | Wearables News

Apple-Masimo Trade Secrets Fight Ends With No Jury Verdict

Apple Inc. and Masimo Corp. failed to persuade a jury to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial where the medical-devices company claimed a blood-oxygen sensor in the Apple Watch was developed using misappropriated trade secrets.

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| Updated on: May 02 2023, 13:54 IST
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Apple Set for Billion-Dollar Trial in Clash Over Apple Watch Secrets (Bloomberg)

Apple Inc. and Masimo Corp. failed to persuade a jury to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial where the medical-devices company claimed a blood-oxygen sensor in the Apple Watch was developed using misappropriated trade secrets.

Masimo sought as much as $1.85 billion, claiming that was the amount of illegal profit Apple earned from using its technology. But jurors in federal court in Santa Ana, California, told the judge Monday they were unable to reach a consensus, with six out of seven panelists voting to clear the iPhone maker of wrongdoing.

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“We're not going to be able to come to a joint conclusion,” the all-female panel wrote in its final note to the judge. Earlier, the jury said six of its members voted for Apple and one for Masimo, and she refused to change her mind. US District Judge James Selna declared a mistrial late Monday afternoon.

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It's unusual for jurors to report on a vote in their closed-door deliberations as judges routinely warn them against doing so.

Masimo Corp. and Cercacor Laboratories Inc., a Masimo spinoff that owns certain licensing rights to many Masimo patents, sued Apple claiming it misappropriated trade secrets related to technology that uses light sensors to measure the amount of oxygen in the bloodstream for use in its Apple Watch.

Masimo initially sought as much as $3.1 billion, claiming that was the amount Apple improperly benefited from its technology. The judge rejected several of Masimo's claims before the jury began deliberations, reducing the potential maximum payout Apple faced to $1.85 billion.

Apple poached Masimo and Cercacor employees to learn about its technology after Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook nixed an internal proposal to buy the company, Masimo's lawyer, Joseph Re, told the jury in closing arguments.

Apple Set for Billion-Dollar Trial in Clash Over Watch Secrets

Apple responded by brining forward numerous employees who had worked on the sensor project, all of whom told the jury during the three-week trial that Masimo's technology wasn't used in the development.

In his closing argument, Apple's lawyer, Joe Mueller, invited the employees one by one to stand, repeating over and over they “told you the truth.”

After the mistrial was declared Apple thanked the jury in a statement.

“We deeply respect intellectual property and innovation and do not take or use confidential information from other companies,” the company said. “We are pleased that the court correctly rejected half of the plaintiffs' trade secret allegations, and will now ask the court to dismiss the remaining claims.”

Re declined to comment on the mistrial and said it was too early to say if Masimo would seek another trial.

“It's been a very emotional day,” he said.

The 3 1/3 days of jury deliberations were also marked by emotion.

In a note last week, the jury said one of the panelists would leave the room and pace the hallway outside, while another juror cried.

A single mother with a temporary job, earning about $25,000 a year, was excused Friday after telling the judge she couldn't afford to spend another week deliberating because she wasn't being paid for her time on the jury.

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First Published Date: 02 May, 13:53 IST
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