Apple Awarded $250 and Sued Masimo For Infringement of the Apple Patent Designs

Apple won the legal battle against the medical company Masimo which infringed the design of Apple patents. 

The company charged only $250, a statutory minimum amount, and thanked the jury for finding that the Masimo infringement was intended.     

According to a Bloomberg report, 

“We’re not here for the money,” Apple attorney John Desmarais of Desmarais LLP told jurors during his closing argument Friday. “We want them to stop copying our design” and features. He lambasted Masimo for focusing on its innovations in pulse oximetry, the blood-oxygen measurement feature that the company is best known for developing.”

Additionally, the US jury encountered that the designs of the W1 Freedom and Health module along with its charger that medical company Masimo claimed to be original, infringed on Apple patent designs.

However, Masimo argued in a statement and discovered that Apple sued only on “a discontinued module and charger,” not its current products.

“Apple primarily sought an injunction against Masimo’s current products, and the jury’s verdict is a victory for Masimo on that issue,” the medical device company said.

However, this legitimate battle has been ongoing between Apple and Masimo since 2021. At once, Masimo sued a lawsuit against Apple for infringement of Apple Watch’s pulse-oximetry feature.

Masimo claimed its patent was infringed by Apple, this blood-oxygen feature measures blood and oxygen levels in humans. In 2023, a court forced Apple to stop or remove the Masimo patent feature in its smartwatch series. 

As a result, the company had to pause the feature in the Apple Watch Series 9, Ultra 2, and also missing in Series 10.