Apple Accused of Infringing AliveCor’s EKG Patents in Watch

AliveCor, maker of the KardiaMobile personal electrocardiogram monitor, filed a lawsuit accusing Apple of incorporating its patented technology into the Apple Watch without permission.

• In the complaint filed Monday in federal court in Waco, Texas, AliveCor accused Apple of infringing three patents for ways to track irregular heartbeats
• The patents cover ways of using specialized sensors in a wearable device that can analyze heart rate and activity level to predict or detect an arrhythmia, according to the complaint
• The Apple Watch Series 4 and 5 measures a wearer’s heart beat and uses the same type of detection that’s covered ...