A U.S. federal jury has ordered Apple to pay A$93 million to medical technology company Masimo, the former owner of Sound United, after finding that the tech giant infringed patented blood-oxygen monitoring technology used in the Apple Watch, this is just one of many cases where Apple has been accused of stealing patented technology.

The verdict, delivered in a California federal court at the weekend, concluded that features within Apple’s Workout mode and heart-rate notification system violated Masimo’s intellectual property.

A Masimo spokesperson confirmed the ruling, which marks the latest development in a long-running and highly contentious legal battle.

Apple denied wrongdoing and criticised the ruling, arguing that “the single patent in this case expired in 2022 and relates to his

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