Masimo Fails to Invalidate Apple Watch Patent at Tribunal

A patent tribunal upheld the validity of an Apple Inc. patent covering touchscreen interfaces weeks before its jury trial against Masimo Corp. over alleged infringement is set to begin.

Masimo failed to demonstrate US Patent No. 11,106,352 is obvious in light of prior inventions because the health technology company “does not convey how the specific combinations would occur, and does not establish a reasonable expectation of success in combining the references,” according to a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision issued Wednesday.

In October 2022, Apple accused Masimo in two lawsuits of “secretly copying” the Apple Watch while trying to ...