A federal judge has ordered Apple to pay Masimo an additional $184.2 million in prejudgment interest on top of the $634 million in damages a jury awarded last year, bringing Apple's total payment obligation to more than $818 million in a long-running patent dispute over pulse oximetry technology. The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled Monday that Masimo is entitled to the interest payment stemming from Apple's infringement of a patent covering blood-oxygen monitoring technology used in Apple Watches. The decision marks another significant victory for Masimo in its multi-year legal battle with the tech behemoth. The latest ruling represents just one chapter in an extensive legal saga between the two companies. Masimo and Apple have been locked in patent disputes for years, with Masimo repeatedly accusing Apple of hiring away its employees and appropriating its patented pulse oximetry technology for use in Apple Watches. The original $634 m...
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