In case the point is missed: Apple asked for $250, stating their cases was on principle. The courts aren’t slighting Apple.
Does this mean watches will get their blood oxygen sensors back? The news hasn’t yet seemed to clear this up for me
Small discussion (13 points, 17 hours ago, 5 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41950858
Title really doesn't do the article justice. There's a BIT more going on there than just the $250 that Apple got.
It looks like Apple's claims were related to the charging of the watch itself... Which brings me to my question of why not use standard USB Type-C charging ports instead of some proprietary charging method? It seems like from the very beginning it is a poor choice, on both parties, to charge a device using a non-standard charging device.
Can someone please explain why Apple doesn't just buy Masimo in a fight like this? Their market cap is like 5% of Apple's annual profit...
Can you convert $250 to number of apple smart watches?
With this case it seems like Apple is just going to take them to court again and again until the well runs dry and Masimo’s patents can be purchased for pennies on the dollar. https://www.masimoconsumer.com/ Their products feel simultaneously like knock offs and 5 years old all at once.
In every single press release Masimo complains apple hired away staff.
Um, you are in California. There are no non-competes.
You just are confessing every single time you can’t retain talented staff.
Any reason that Apple just doesn’t buy the company outright? Market cap is only 7.5B.
Why do hackernews people share links behind paywalls and pop-up's that want me to disable ad blocker ?
Suggested Title change: s/wins $250/wins only $250.00/
That'd minimal editorializing - while making it quite clear that there is no missing 'K', let alone missing 'M'.
Apple sued for violations of both design patents and tech patents. Apple won that Masimo's design infringes on Apple's design patents, for which they only asked for $250. Apple lost the other technology patent infringement parts of the case, for which they were asking for an injunction against Masimo selling their watches.