Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff

Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff

On tap in the Masimo v. Apple trade secrets trial: Politeness, not pirate flags

Amid an onslaught of courtroom courtesy from Apple's WilmerHale team, jurors won't hear of the company's internal embrace of pirate imagery because of a judge's ruling.

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Apr 20, 2023
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Masimo’s lawyers included in a Feb. 21 filing this photo of a pirate flag at Apple headquarters with an apple replacing one eye. (U.S. District Court)

The $3.1 billion trade secrets trial between Masimo Corp. and Apple, Inc., has a decisively upper-crust atmosphere.

There’s the standard high-brow feel that accompanies most intellectual property cases. But…

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