Alivecor, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.

  1. June 26, 2024

    Apple Watch Improvement Is 'Inferior,' Docs Tell 9th Circ.

    Four cardiac specialists backed medical monitoring startup AliveCor against Apple in a Ninth Circuit amicus brief Tuesday arguing a district court wrongly nixed antitrust claims by crediting the phaseout of a heart rate monitoring algorithm as an improvement when all it did was deny patient access to "potentially life-saving" technology.

  2. February 06, 2024

    Apple Defeats Antitrust Suit By AliveCor Over Apple Watch

    A California federal judge on Tuesday handed a win to Apple, throwing out a high-profile lawsuit in which startup AliveCor accused Apple of illegally blocking it from the smartwatch marketplace, according to a final judgment.

  3. December 06, 2023

    Apple Allowed To Seal Smartwatch Competition Hearing

    A California federal judge has granted Apple's request to hold an upcoming hearing behind closed doors in a suit accusing the tech giant of illegally blocking a small startup from the smartwatch marketplace, saying closing the courtroom is necessary for the parties to discuss key issues in the case.

  4. December 04, 2023

    Leave The Courtroom Doors Open, Says Apple Foe

    Apple and lawyers for a small startup that accuses the tech giant of illegally blocking it from the smartwatch marketplace are fighting over how accessible a key hearing in the case will be.

  5. June 02, 2023

    Judge Calls Apple's Conduct In Smartwatch Row 'Careless'

    A federal judge in California on Friday ripped Apple's failure to preserve emails from a former top executive in its health division as "irresponsible and careless, and perhaps even grossly negligent," a day after a Silicon Valley medical device startup tried to draw the attention of a federal appeals court to alleged misconduct at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

  6. May 18, 2023

    Apple IP Judge Laments Twombly Standard 'Gift And A Curse'

    A California federal judge expressed frustration with the stringent pleading standard set by the U.S. Supreme Court's Twombly decision during a hearing Thursday on AliveCor's bid to toss Apple's patent infringement fight, saying, "Twombly is perhaps a gift and a curse," and questioning whether multiple pleading rounds are time well spent.

  7. March 17, 2023

    Startup Targets 'Purged' Emails In Suit Against Apple

    A Silicon Valley medical device startup wants jurors to be told that Apple deliberately "purged" emails written by a former high-level executive in the company's health division, more than a year into a lawsuit accusing the company of ripping off the startup's technology in order to market a new in-house heart rate analysis app on the Apple Watch.

  8. March 21, 2022

    Apple Can't Dodge Bulk Of Suit Over Heart Monitor Software

    A California federal judge on Monday refused to throw out AliveCor's suit claiming Apple unlawfully monopolized the U.S. market for watchOS heart rate analysis apps, trimming the complaint but ultimately finding that AliveCor had plausibly alleged antitrust claims against the tech giant.