[HN Gopher] Apple to Pause Selling New Versions of Its Watch Aft...
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Apple to Pause Selling New Versions of Its Watch After Losing
Patent Dispute
Author : tony_cannistra
Score : 20 points
Date : 2023-12-18 22:14 UTC (46 minutes ago)
(HTM) web link (www.nytimes.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
| agsnu wrote:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38682631
| neom wrote:
| "Masimo detailed how Apple poached its top executives and more
| than a dozen other employees before later releasing a watch with
| pulse oximeter capabilities -- which measures the percentage of
| oxygen that red blood cells carry from the lungs to the body --
| that were patented by Masimo"
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| "Joe Kiani, the chief executive of Masimo, said in an interview
| that Apple had not engaged in licensing negotiations. Instead, he
| said that Apple had appealed to President Biden to veto the
| I.T.C. ruling, which Mr. Kiani knows because the administration
| contacted Masimo about Apple's request."
|
| "If they don't want to use our chip, I'll work with them to make
| their product good," Mr. Kiani said. "Once it's good enough, I'm
| happy to give them a license."
|
| Super interesting case, thought Apple would be less sloppy than
| this.
| dutchbrit wrote:
| Sans paywall: https://archive.is/xJL66
| huslage wrote:
| Why doesn't Apple just buy this company instead of fighting with
| them?
| FirmwareBurner wrote:
| It was probably cheaper to gut their consumer engineering team.
| The whole company is focused a lot on medical devices Apple
| wants no part of, they just want the consumer part.
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