Apple Watch is the best-selling smartwatch on the market at the moment, but the company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), is in the center of attention because of a very important trial opened in the USA. More specifically, Apple is accused by a company called Omni MedSci of having copied the technology behind the heart rate sensor in the Apple Watch.
According to those from Omni MedSci, Apple would violate a patent owned by it, and this after both companies discussed for almost 2 years about the implementation of the technology in the Apple Watch. Apple decided not to enter into a partnership with Omni MedSci for the launch of the Apple Watch, and now it will have to explain in court the decision behind the gesture.
As many people know, measuring the heart rate is a very important function of the Apple Watch, some companies manage to detect heart diseases in advance with its help. The owner of the Omni MedSci company has over 150 patents in various fields of activity, boasting that his patents are so good that infringed technologies can bring him significant compensation.
"A Michigan company is suing Apple claiming the technology used to measure heart rate in the latest Apple Watches infringes on its patented technology. In the suit, Omni MedSci says it met with Apple from 2014 until 2016 but ultimately the company broke off discussions about a partnership, then introduced technology using its approach."
The companies owned by this person have sued companies such as Fujitsu, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, Nokia and Siemens so far, but Apple is the most important "victim" so far. Considering the constant success of Apple in processes of this kind, it is expected that the process will also be won by those from Cupertino.
