‘I could change and improve Apple,’ he says after spending $100 million to ban the Apple Watch

First interview after the Apple Watch ban with the CEO of Masimo, the company that sued Apple

The end of 2023 was turbulent for Apple, the company had to stop sales of the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Apple Watch Ultra 2 after the decision of the United States International Trade Commission to remove these products from the market. a lawsuit for possible patent infringement.

Apple withdrew its latest Apple Watch models from the Apple Store in the United States for a few days, although it was later able to temporarily suspend the ban thanks to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit the United States.

NOW Joe KianiCEO of Masimo, the company that sued Apple, spoke in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.

Masimo CEO is proud to spend $100 million in his fight against Apple

During your interview, Joe Kiani was proud and pleased with the direction his battle with Apple is heading. The CEO of Masimo claims that the company led by Tim Cook infringed several patents filed during the development of its Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2. He believes that Apple deliberately stole ideas related to the measurement function oxygen saturation in the blood. hiring Masimo employees after trying to partner during a meeting to collaborate on the project of their latest Apple Watch models.

People told me I was crazy and that I couldn’t stand up to Apple. They have unlimited resources. Nobody stands up to them. If I can do that, I might change Apple for the better.

The CEO of Masimo is very determined to sue Apple. His company has spent about $100 million in a fight that began in 2020.. Masimo’s profits reached $144 million in 2022.

I felt like I had to do this. If I can change the most powerful company in the world to stop doing bad things, that will have more impact on the world than anything else I do.

Interestingly, this is not the first time that Masimo has been involved in a legal battle over a patent infringement case. The medical technology and consumer electronics company earned approximately 800 million dollars for damages after suing Nellcor in 2006 and 300 million dollars under an agreement with Royal Philips.

Now the CEO of Masimo assures that his company “is open to reaching an agreement with Apple” but, according to his words, it takes two to dance tango…