Apple Accuses AliveCor of “Brazen” Patent Infringement in a New Countersuit

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Apple is suing AliveCor for infringement of a patent. This company created the ECG “KardiaBand” for the Apple Watch, among other ECG-focused products. Following an ITC complaint and an antitrust lawsuit that AliveCor filed last year, a legal dispute between AliveCor and Apple is already ongoing.

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Apple claims that consumers have not received AliveCor’s product line well and that these “failures in the market” have prompted AliveCor to “opportunistically assert” its patents against Apple. AliveCor filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission against Apple earlier this year to get an import ban on the Apple Watch. The judge granted AliveCor’s request.

AliveCor’s “rampant infringement that unlawfully appropriates Apple’s intellectual property,” according to Apple, is being stopped by this new patent infringement filing while the company is still appealing the decision. From the document:

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Before AliveCor was created, Apple was the leading innovator, conducting research, developing, and patenting key foundational technologies. The litigation campaign by AliveCor is nothing more than an effort to profit from Apple technologies that it did not create while simultaneously selling goods that rely on fundamental ECG innovations that Apple patented years before AliveCor was founded.

KardiaMobile Card, AliveCor’s KardiaMobile, and Kardia app are supposedly disrespecting several Apple patents that relate to the heart rate and ECG functionality in the Apple Watch, according to the complaint.

Apple claims that AliveCor’s patent infringements have caused irreparable harm and is suing the company for damages, legal fees, and a permanent injunction to stop further infringement.

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AliveCor initially sued Apple for antitrust violations in May 2021, alleging that Apple engaged in “monopolistic conduct” by introducing the ECG feature in the Apple Watch. According to AliveCor, Apple decided to “corner the market for heart rate analysis on Apple Watch” after observing the success of its KardiaBand.

Additionally, the business has sued Apple for allegedly copying AliveCor’s cardiological detection and analysis technology.

You can read the entirety of Apple’s complaint against AliveCor on Scribd.

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